| Description |
1 online resource (265 pages) |
| Series |
Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies, 22 |
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Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies, 22
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| Contents |
Legible cities : urban signs and subjects -- Urban grids and urban imaginary : city to cyberspace, cyberspace to city -- The city of control and the polis -- City moves : urban spaces and motion -- Global cities and citizens |
| Summary |
This book is an investigation of how contemporarypostmoderncities and their inhabitants have been transformed by the forces of globalization and new information technologies. Drawing upon a wide range of discourses, from architectural theory and urban studies to psychoanalysis and Marxism, it explores this transformation through readings of contemporary literature, film, art, and real-world urban and cyber spaces |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-233) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Sociology, Urban.
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City and town life.
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Postmodernism -- Social aspects
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Cities and towns.
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Cities
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urban sociology.
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cities.
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Cities and towns
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City and town life
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Postmodernism -- Social aspects
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Sociology, Urban
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780203880470 |
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0203880471 |
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