Cityscapes: Cultural Readings in the Material and Symbolic

Cityscapes: Cultural Readings in the Material and Symbolic City

The modern city has many dimensions, both physical and imaginative. This book offers an innovative approach to exploring its complexity by focusing on the varied and often conflicting rhythms of urban life. Spanning the nineteenth and twentieth century, it draws on cultural texts as varied as Edgar Allan Poe's London, Parisian department stores, colonial and anti-colonial Algiers, the North American cities of recent detective fiction, and the virtual city of The Matrix. The resulting text is original in conception, vivid in its analysis and insight, and highly accessible to students.
Country USA
Brand Red Globe Press
Manufacturer Palgrave
Binding Paperback
ReleaseDate 2005-05-19
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780333929353

Cityscapes: Cultural Readings in the Material and Symbolic City