"Other Cities, Other Worlds brings together leading scholars of cultural theory, urban studies, art, anthropology, literature, film, architecture, and history to look at non-Western global cities. The contributors focus on urban imaginaries, the way that city dwellers perceive or imagine their...

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Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Durham, N.C. [u.a.] Duke University Press 2008
Subjects:	Cultuurtheorie Internationalisatie Stadscultuur Steden Entwicklungsländer Gesellschaft Globalisierung Stadt Verstädterung Cities and towns > Developing countries Urbanization > Developing countries Urban geography > Developing countries Globalization > Social aspects > Developing countries Aufsatzsammlung Konferenzschrift
Online Access:	Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary:	"Other Cities, Other Worlds brings together leading scholars of cultural theory, urban studies, art, anthropology, literature, film, architecture, and history to look at non-Western global cities. The contributors focus on urban imaginaries, the way that city dwellers perceive or imagine their own cities. Paying particular attention to the historical and cultural dimensions of urban life, they bring to their essays deep knowledge of the cities they are bound to in their lives and their work. Taken together, these essays allow us to compare metropolises from the so-called periphery and gauge processes of cultural globalization, illuminating the complexities at stake as we try to imagine other cities and other worlds under the spell of globalization." -- Book cover.
Item Description:	"The essays that make up this volume were first presented as formal lectures in a year-long graduate research seminar in 2001-2002 at Columbia University"--Introd. Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:	VIII, 327 S. Ill.
ISBN:	9780822342489 9780822342717