| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 240 pages) : illustrations |
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International library of visual culture ; 17 |
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International library of visual culture ; 17.
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| Contents |
About the Author; Bookreview; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; 1 Inertia, Suspension and Mobility in the Global City; Part 1 Stillness; 2 On Hold: Urban Photography as Interruption; 3 At the Still Point of the Turning World: The Power of the Urban Portrait; 4 Parkour and the Still Image; 5 Commuting and the Multiple Capacities of Stillness; Part 2 Deceleration; 6 Decelerating Amsterdam: Visual Culture, Globalization and Creative Urbanism; 7 Viennese Inertia: Cultural and Political Deceleration and Local Identity Construction |
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8 Inertia and Ethical Urban Relations: The Living, the Dying and the DeadPart 3 Slow Motion; 9 Urban Inertia and Dealing with the Disappeared in Postwar Beirut: A Perfect Day (2004) and Here Comes the Rain (2010); 10 Reflexive Stasis, Scale Reversal and the Myth of Modern Cinema; 11 Slow Motion Pictures: Casting Inertia in Contemporary Berlin Film; Bibliography |
| Summary |
We usually associate contemporary urban life with movement and speed. But what about those instances when the forms of mobility associated with globalized cities - the flow of capital, people, labour and information - freeze, or decelerate? How can we assess the value of interruption in a city? What does valuing stillness mean in regards to the forward march of globalization? When does inertia presage decay - and when does it promise immanence and rebirth?Bringing together original contributions by international specialists from the fields of architecture, photography, film, sociology and cult |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Cities and towns -- Philosophy
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- Urban.
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Society.
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Cities and towns -- Philosophy
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Urbanität
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Entschleunigung
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Langsamkeit
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Visuelle Medien
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Society.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Donald, Stephanie, 1961- editor.
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Lindner, Christoph, 1971- editor.
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| ISBN |
9780857736123 |
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0857736124 |
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9780755694846 |
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0755694848 |
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