Paula Geyh

Cities, Citizens, and Technologies

Urban Life and Postmodernity

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Produktbeschreibung

This book is an investigation of how contemporary ¿ postmodern ¿ cities 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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. April 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 526g
• ISBN-13: 9780415991728
• ISBN-10: 0415991722
• Artikelnr.: 23605403

Autorenporträt

Paula Geyh is an associate professor of English at Yeshiva University and a co-editor of Postmodern American Fiction: A Norton Anthology.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Legible Cities: Urban Spaces and Subjects 2. Urban Grids
and Urban Imaginary: City to Cyberspace, Cyberspace to City 3. The City of
Control and the Polis 4. City Moves: Urban Spaces and Motion 5. Global
Cities and Citizens