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Imagining Cities: Scripts, Signs and Memories

Paperback

Main Details

Title Imagining Cities: Scripts, Signs and Memories
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Sallie Westwood
Edited by John Williams
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback
Pages:304
Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 156
ISBN/Barcode 9780415144308
ClassificationsDewey:307.76
Audience
Undergraduate
Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Illustrations Illustrations

Publishing Details

Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint Routledge
Publication Date 14 November 1996
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

The city has always been a locus of research and discussion within the debates of modernity and, more recently, postmodernity. This volume brings together some of the most recent and exciting work on the city from within sociology and cultural studies. The book is organised around the following major themes: the theoretical imagination; ethnic diversity and the politics of difference; memory and nostalgia; and the complex and complimentary narrative of the city ways. While these representations bring the past and the present together, the final section of the book elaborates the present and future in relation to the idea of the virtual city. Hence, the world of cyberspace not only recasts our imaginaries of space and communication, but has a profound effect on the sociological imagination itself.