Mapping the Megalopolis

Order and Disorder in Mexico City
Herausgeber: Kuecker, Glen David; Puga, Alejandro

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Mapping the Megalopolis is an interdisciplinary collection of 10 chapters on contemporary Mexico City. Through topics such as the privatization of public space and challenges to existing conceptualizations of the urban form, this book explores the order and disorder that constitute the city in its social, political, and aesthetic manifestations.

---

Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 306
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Dezember 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 596g
• ISBN-13: 9781498559782
• ISBN-10: 1498559786
• Artikelnr.: 49455248

Autorenporträt

Glen David Kuecker is professor of history at DePauw University. Alejandro Puga is associate professor, Laurel H. Turk professor of modern languages, and chair of modern languages at DePauw University.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents Introduction: Mapping the Megalopolis Glen David Kuecker and
Alejandro Puga Chapter One: Mapping Subjectivities: The Body-City of
Porfirian Mexico City Marta Sierra Chapter Two: Carlos Slim's Urban
Imaginary: Plaza Carso and the Privatization of Public Space Glen David
Kuecker Chapter Three: Buñuel's Fictional Geographies V. Daniel Rogers
Chapter Four: Novelistic Cartographies of the Mexico City Flâneur Alejandro
Puga and Patricia Tovar Chapter Five: Securing the City in Santa Fe:
Privatization and Preservation Shannan Mattiace and Jennifer Johnson
Chapter Six: Muralism, Graffiti, and Urban Art: Visual Politics in
Contemporary Mexico City María Claudia André Chapter Seven: La Polvorilla:
Seeking Self-Sufficiency in Iztapalapa, México D.F. Jennifer Johnson and
Shannan Mattiace Chapter Eight: Porous Urbanism: Order and Disorder in
Colonia Santo Domingo Charlotte Blair Chapter Nine: Sense-Making in the
Megalopolis: Navigating Korean Signs in Pequeño Seúl Karen Velasquez
Chapter Ten: Riding a Tandem Bicycle: Valeria Luiselli Maps the Sidewalks
of Mexico City Patrick O'Connor Conclusion: From DF to CDMX: The (Dis)order
of Becoming a World City Alejandro Puga and Glen David Kuecker Bibliography
About the Contributors