May Joseph is Professor of Social Science at the Pratt Institute, where she teaches urbanism, global studies, and visual culture. She is the founder of Harmattan Theater, which produces site-specific outdoor productions exploring the history of New York City through its architecture, design, and natural environment. Joseph is the author of Nomadic Identities: The Performance of Citizenship and a coeditor (with Jennifer Natalya Fink) of Performing Hybridity.
May Joseph is Professor of Social Science at the Pratt Institute, where she teaches urbanism, global studies, and visual culture. She is the founder of Harmattan Theater, which produces site-specific outdoor productions exploring the history of New York City through its architecture, design, and natural environment. Joseph is the author of Nomadic Identities: The Performance of Citizenship and a coeditor (with Jennifer Natalya Fink) of Performing Hybridity.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
May Joseph is Professor of Social Science at the Pratt Institute, where she teaches urbanism, global studies, and visual culture. She is the founder of Harmattan Theater, which produces site-specific outdoor productions exploring the history of New York City through its architecture, design, and natural environment. Joseph is the author of Nomadic Identities: The Performance of Citizenship and a coeditor (with Jennifer Natalya Fink) of Performing Hybridity.
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Illustrations vii Acknowledgments ix Preface xi Prologue 1 Introduction 7 Part I. Fluid Urbanism 19 1. Water Ecology, Island City 23 2. Transoceanic New York, City of Rivers 35 3. The Maritime Sky of Manhattan 55 4. Thinking Metropolitanism 70 Part II. Cosmopolitan Frugality 93 5. Nomadic Urbanism and Frugality 95 6. Nyerere, the Dalai Lama, Gandhi: Cultures of Frugality 110 Part III. Ecological Expressivity 131 7. Greening Hardscape 133 8. Marathon City, Biking Boroughs 151 Part IV. Maritime Mentalities 167 9. Brooklyn Carnival and the Sale of Dreamland 169 10. Spirits of Necropolis, Planes on the Hudson 179 11. Governors Island: Maritime Pasts, Ecological Futures 189 12. After Hurricane Sandy 204 Conclusion: Toward a Praxis of Cosmopolitan Citizenship 211 Notes 213 Bibliography 231 Index 239
Illustrations vii Acknowledgments ix Preface xi Prologue 1 Introduction 7 Part I. Fluid Urbanism 19 1. Water Ecology, Island City 23 2. Transoceanic New York, City of Rivers 35 3. The Maritime Sky of Manhattan 55 4. Thinking Metropolitanism 70 Part II. Cosmopolitan Frugality 93 5. Nomadic Urbanism and Frugality 95 6. Nyerere, the Dalai Lama, Gandhi: Cultures of Frugality 110 Part III. Ecological Expressivity 131 7. Greening Hardscape 133 8. Marathon City, Biking Boroughs 151 Part IV. Maritime Mentalities 167 9. Brooklyn Carnival and the Sale of Dreamland 169 10. Spirits of Necropolis, Planes on the Hudson 179 11. Governors Island: Maritime Pasts, Ecological Futures 189 12. After Hurricane Sandy 204 Conclusion: Toward a Praxis of Cosmopolitan Citizenship 211 Notes 213 Bibliography 231 Index 239
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