The Hieroglyphics of Space: Understanding the City

Paperback

Main Details

Title The Hieroglyphics of Space: Understanding the City
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Neil Leach
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback
Pages:320
Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 156
Category/GenreTheory of architecture
ISBN/Barcode 9780415198929
ClassificationsDewey:307.76
Audience
Undergraduate
Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations 15 photographs

Publishing Details

Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint Routledge
Publication Date 22 November 2001
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

'Spatial images', wrote the German cultural theorist, Siegfried Kracauer, 'are the dreams of society. Wherever the hieroglyphics of any spatial image are deciphered, there the basis of social reality presents itself.' But how exactly are these spatial images to be deciphered? This volume addresses this question with a series of insightful essays on some of the great metropolitan centres of the world. From political interpretations to gendered analyses, from methods of mapping to filmic representations, and from studies in consumption to economic surveys, the volume offers a range of strategies for reading and experiencing the modern metropolis. David Frisby. Jane Rendell. Anna Notaro. Jonathan Hale. Neil Leach.. Barry Curtis. Sarah Chaplin. Graeme Gilloch. Adrian Rifkin. Steve