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Urban Culture

Author : Alan C Turley
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 131734264X
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (173 download)

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Download or read book Urban Culture written by Alan C Turley and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-09-07 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This innovative text uses the lens of culture to examine the various theoretical perspectives and paradigms of urban analysis. It explores the city's impact on how we make and consume all types of culture—art, music, literature, architecture, film, and more—not only illustrating the effects the urban environment has on the production of culture, but, at times, how culture has influenced the city. Theoretically diverse, Urban Culture employs the major theoretical perspectives in sociology and the major paradigms in Urban Sociology and Urban Studies: Urban Ecology, Marxism, New Urbanism, Socio-Psychological Perspective, Structuralists/Econometrics, and Urban Elites/ Entrepreneurs. Urban Terrorism is also addressed to provide a timely examination of the cultural impact and sociological effects of terrorism in an urban setting.

Cities and Urban Cultures

Author : Deborah Stevenson
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
ISBN 13 : 0335227988
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (352 download)

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Download or read book Cities and Urban Cultures written by Deborah Stevenson and published by McGraw-Hill Education (UK). This book was released on 2003-04-16 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *What is distinctive about urban life? *What key trends have shaped the contemporary city? *How have the city and urban cultures been explained by sociology and cultural studies? This is the first book to explore cities and urban life from the perspectives of both sociology and cultural theory. Through an interdisciplinary approach and use of case material, the book demonstrates that the 'real' city of physicality and struggle and the 'imagined' city of representations are entwined in the construction of urban cultures. Starting with a comparison of the rural and the urban, the book considers ways of imagining the city and of conceptualising urban cultures. It goes on to investigate the implications of several pivotal urban and cultural trends, such as the use of the arts and local cultures in city re-imaging, and the ways in which modernism, postmodernism and globalisation have shaped the built environment and the orientation of academic enquiry. Also examined is the way in which representations of the urban landscape in film, literature, art, and popular texts, have informed dominant ideas about the way certain city spaces - including city centres, urban waterfronts, and so-called 'global cities' - should look, function and 'feel'. Designed as a text for undergraduate courses in cultural studies, sociology and wider social science, this book traces the development of urban environments from the nineteenth century to the present, and illuminates the nature of urban life.

Urban Culture

Author : Alan C Turley
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317342658
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (173 download)

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Download or read book Urban Culture written by Alan C Turley and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-09-07 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This innovative text uses the lens of culture to examine the various theoretical perspectives and paradigms of urban analysis. It explores the city's impact on how we make and consume all types of culture—art, music, literature, architecture, film, and more—not only illustrating the effects the urban environment has on the production of culture, but, at times, how culture has influenced the city. Theoretically diverse, Urban Culture employs the major theoretical perspectives in sociology and the major paradigms in Urban Sociology and Urban Studies: Urban Ecology, Marxism, New Urbanism, Socio-Psychological Perspective, Structuralists/Econometrics, and Urban Elites/ Entrepreneurs. Urban Terrorism is also addressed to provide a timely examination of the cultural impact and sociological effects of terrorism in an urban setting.

Street World

Author : Roger Gastman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book Street World written by Roger Gastman and published by . This book was released on 2007-11 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Urban subcultures have joined together to become something larger, more powerful, and more pervasive than ever before. Our new global urban culture, street culture at its broadest, is its force. The more than 1,000 photographs featured here together form a journey, a record, and an inspiration. The world's streets are its most vibrant sites of visual creativity, and amid their crush are photographers, documenting, creating, and collectively bringing this book to you. Their stories are the stories of the interconnectedness of global street culture. Travel and exploration are near the essence of street cultures, and the travelers who have used their passions to cross the boundaries of nations are at the heart of the process of cultural exchange.--[from publisher's description].

Engagement in the City

Author : Leigh N. Hersey
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1793633916
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (936 download)

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Download or read book Engagement in the City written by Leigh N. Hersey and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-03-12 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Engagement in the City: How Arts and Culture Impact Development in Urban Areas provides readers with numerous examples of ways that the arts can contribute to community development. Through the diverse backgrounds of its contributing authors - representing artists, art educators, and public administration scholars – the role of arts is explored as a contributing factor in strengthening communities. The book shows that the arts have the potential to positively impact a wide variety of development interests, including economic, education, health, social capital, and of cultural. The book provides strategies and techniques for implementing successful arts-based projects, whether it be through public art initiatives, service-learning opportunities, or the development or cultural districts. Cross-sectoral collaboration is a key in many of these projects, making the book beneficial for artists and community leaders who seek ways to work together to improve their cities.

Circulation and the City

Author : Alexandra Boutros
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 0773581014
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (735 download)

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Download or read book Circulation and the City written by Alexandra Boutros and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2010-02-21 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A series of rich case studies examine a range of topics, including neighbourhood gentrification, subway busking, yard sales, electronic waste, and language, refining the touchstone principle of circulation for the study of urban culture, both materially and theoretically. Contributors employ a variety of disciplinary approaches to create a richly varied picture of the multiple trajectories and effects of movement in the city. An engaging work that considers city planning, urban culture, and social behaviour, Circulation and the City adds a new dimension that revitalizes the ways we have commonly looked at - and thought about - the city.

Urban Life - Urban Culture

Author : Klaus Roth
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (255 download)

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Download or read book Urban Life - Urban Culture written by Klaus Roth and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Festival Cities

Author : John R. Gold
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000318907
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Festival Cities written by John R. Gold and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-12-03 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Festivals have always been part of city life, but their relationship with their host cities has continually changed. With the rise of industrialization, they were largely considered peripheral to the course of urban affairs. Now they have become central to new ways of thinking about the challenges of economic and social change, as well as repositioning cities within competitive global networks. In this timely and thought-provoking book, John and Margaret Gold provide a reflective and evidence-based historical survey of the processes and actors involved, charting the ways that regular festivals have now become embedded in urban life and city planning. Beginning with David Garrick’s rain-drenched Shakespearean Jubilee and ending with Sydney’s flamboyant Mardi Gras celebrations, it encompasses the emergence and consolidation of city festivals. After a contextual historical survey that stretches from Antiquity to the late nineteenth century, there are detailed case studies of pioneering European arts festivals in their urban context: Venice’s Biennale, the Salzburg Festival, the Cannes Film Festival and Edinburgh’s International Festival. Ensuing chapters deal with the worldwide proliferation of arts festivals after 1950 and with the ever-increasing diversifycation of carnival celebrations, particularly through the actions of groups seeking to assert their identity. The conclusion draws together the book’s key themes and sketches the future prospects for festival cities. Lavishly illustrated, and copiously researched, this book is essential reading not just for urban geographers, social historians and planners, but also for anyone interested in contemporary festival and events tourism, urban events strategy, urban regeneration regeneration, or simply building a fuller understanding of the relationship between culture, planning and the city.

Urban Culture

Author : Chris Jenks
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 9780415304986
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (49 download)

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Download or read book Urban Culture written by Chris Jenks and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2004 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This set includes key pieces from Peter Ackroyd, Charles Baudelaire, Walter Benjamin, Homi Bhaba, Charles Dickens, Fredrick Engles, Paul Gilroy, Thomas Hobbes, Max Weber, George Simmel, Ian Sinclair, Edward W. Soja, Gayatri Spivak, Nigel Thrift, Virginia Woolf, Sharon Zukin, and many others. The material is arranged thematically highlighting the variety of interests that coexist (and conflict) within the city. Issues such as gender, class, race, age and disability are covered along with urban experiences such as walking, politics & protest, governance, inclusion and exclusion. Urban pathologies, including gangsters, mugging, and drug-dealing are also explored. Selections cover cities from around the globe, including London, Berlin, Paris, New York, Los Angeles, Rio de Janeiro, Bombay and Tokyo. A general introduction by the editor reviews theoretical perspectives and provides a rationale for the collection. This collection offers a valuable research tool to a broad range of disciplines, including: sociology; anthropology; cultural history; cultural geography; art critical theory; visual culture; literary studies; social policy and cultural studies.

Urban Life in the Middle Ages

Author : Keith Lilley
Publisher : Red Globe Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Urban Life in the Middle Ages written by Keith Lilley and published by Red Globe Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What was life like in towns and cities in medieval Europe? How did people live, and why was it that some towns grew into major urban centres while others did not? After the year 1000, all across Europe urban life prospered as it had never done before. New towns emerged, and established towns and cities grew larger and became more powerful and dominant. During the later Middle Ages these towns and cities were the focus of religious, political, commercial and social activity; the places where power, profit, piety and people all came together. Urban life was indeed the making of medieval Europe. Drawing upon original research, as well as the work of medieval historians, urban archaeologists and historical geographers, Keith Lilley explores the close relationship that existed between the life of towns in the Middle Ages and the life within towns. Taking a fresh and challenging approach, this richly-illustrated book will be invaluable to anyone interested in medieval Europe. It focuses on important themes, including lordship, property, and townscape, and explores the processes which not only shaped the towns and cities of medieval Europe, but also the people who lived in them.

Urban Life in Kingston, Jamaica

Author : Diane J. Austin
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 9782881240065
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Urban Life in Kingston, Jamaica written by Diane J. Austin and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 1987 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 1984. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

The Transformation of Cities

Author : David C. Thorns
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 140399031X
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (39 download)

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Download or read book The Transformation of Cities written by David C. Thorns and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-03-14 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The aim of the book is to examine the transformation of the city in the late 20th century and explore the ways in which city life is structured. The shift from modern-industrial to information/consumption-based 'post-modern' cities is traced through the text. The focus is not just on America and Europe but also explores cities in other parts of the world as city growth in the twenty first century will be predominantly outside of these regions.

The Cultural Meaning of Urban Space

Author : Gary McDonogh
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313390061
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (133 download)

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Download or read book The Cultural Meaning of Urban Space written by Gary McDonogh and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1993-04-30 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a cross-cultural approach to the study of urban space. Essays written by major contributors in contemporary urban studies provide a range of case studies from Asia, Latin America, North America, and Europe to address important questions about space and power, processes of change, aesthetics and attitudes toward space, and social divisions expressed through urban life. The essays fall into three interlocking sections: conceptual and linguistic approaches to urban space; visual and social examinations of world cities; and policy examinations of spatial analyses. Together with the jointly compiled bibliography, this collection of essays is designed to stimulate comparative debate and identify new areas for urban research. Essays contrast empty space in Barcelona and Savannah, explore the concept of healthy and unhealthy urban environments in the classical writings and in modern-day Vienna, and develop a model of space for Shanghai from the point of view of privacy. The subcultural ethos characterizing Tokyo and the castle as a symbol for the community in Japan are two more essay topics. The plaza in Spanish-American towns, the outdoor spaces in Italy (balcony, street, courtyard), and the school in Honduras are sites for socio-cultural analyses in three more essays. The last group of essays focus on discourses in urban planning, especially the responses of people to the growth, marketing, and decay of residential places. African-American neighborhoods and waterfront development provide examples for this section. These essays in their theoretical and geographical breadth make significant strides in defining the cultural meaning of urban space. They will be read with interest by city planners, ecologists, and other social scientists involved in finding human solutions to the metropolitan environment.

The City of the Senses

Author : K. DeFazio
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230370357
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (33 download)

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Download or read book The City of the Senses written by K. DeFazio and published by Springer. This book was released on 2011-10-24 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers an innovative, interdisciplinary approach which opens up new ways of understanding urban culture and space. The author approaches the city as essentially a 'material' place where people live, work, and participate in social practices within historical limits set not by sensory experience or cultural meanings but material social conditions.

Consuming Urban Culture in Contemporary Vietnam

Author : Lisa Drummond
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134433751
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (344 download)

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Download or read book Consuming Urban Culture in Contemporary Vietnam written by Lisa Drummond and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-07-25 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vietnam is currently undergoing a metamorphosis from a relatively closed society with a centrally planned economy, to a rapidly urbanising one with a global outlook. These changes have been the catalyst for an exciting ferment of activity in popular culture. This volume contains contributions from scholars engaged in the most up-to-date social research in Vietnam, as well as some of Vietnam's most popular cultural producers who are forging new ways of imagining the present whilst at the same time engaging actively in reinterpreting the past. The diverse ways that Vietnam is culturally and socially negotiating the future are examined as the book addresses issues of indigenisation of cultural influences, ambivalence surrounding change, and the consistent blurring of boundaries between informal, non-state cultural activities and formal institutional structures in the evolution of a civil society in Vietnam.

Urban Culture

Author : Chris Jenks
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 9780415304962
Total Pages : 422 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (49 download)

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Download or read book Urban Culture written by Chris Jenks and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2004 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This set includes key pieces from Peter Ackroyd, Charles Baudelaire, Walter Benjamin, Homi Bhaba, Charles Dickens, Fredrick Engles, Paul Gilroy, Thomas Hobbes, Max Weber, George Simmel, Ian Sinclair, Edward W. Soja, Gayatri Spivak, Nigel Thrift, Virginia Woolf, Sharon Zukin, and many others. The material is arranged thematically highlighting the variety of interests that coexist (and conflict) within the city. Issues such as gender, class, race, age and disability are covered along with urban experiences such as walking, politics & protest, governance, inclusion and exclusion. "Urban pathologies," including gangsters, mugging, and drug-dealing are also explored. Selections cover cities from around the globe, including London, Berlin, Paris, New York, Los Angeles, Rio de Janeiro, Bombay and Tokyo. A general introduction by the editor reviews theoretical perspectives and provides a rationale for the collection. This collection offers a valuable research tool to a broad range of disciplines, including: sociology; anthropology; cultural history; cultural geography; art critical theory; visual culture; literary studies; social policy and cultural studies." http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0650/2004044268-d.html.

Race, Culture, and the City

Author : Stephen Nathan Haymes
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780791423837
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (238 download)

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Download or read book Race, Culture, and the City written by Stephen Nathan Haymes and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1995-01-01 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book proposes a pedagogy of black urban struggle and solidarity.