"Shopping malls, motorways, airport lounges - we are all familiar with these curious spaces which are both everywhere and nowhere. But only now do we have a coherent analysis of their far-reaching effects on public and private experience. Marc Auge has become their anthropologis…
Auge éxplores the distinction between place, encrusted with historical meaning and creative of social life, and non-place, to which individuals are connected in a uniform manner and where no organic social life is possible.
Augé explores the distinction between place, encrusted with historical meaning and creative of social life, and non-place, to which individuals are connected in a uniform manner and where no organic social life is possible.
"Shopping malls, motorways, airport lounges - we are all familiar with these curious spaces which are both everywhere and nowhere. But only now do we have a coherent analysis of their far-reaching effects on public and private experience. Marc Auge has become their anthropologis…
From the verticals of New York, Hong Kong and Singapore to the sprawls of London, Paris and Jakarta, this interdisciplinary volume of new writing examines constructions, representations, imaginations and theorizations of 'cityscapes' in modern and contemporary culture. With spec…
This volume draws on critical urban studies and moves beyond familiar cultural representations of the city by considering urban planning and architecture. Organized under three inter-related themes, image, text and form.
"Working at the intersections of visual, material, and literary culture, Urban Space and Cityscapes seeks in particular : to provide new critical and theoretical perspectives on the city at a time when the condition and future of urbanism are major subjects of international and …
Examining constructions, representations, imaginations and theorizations of 'cityscapes' in contemporary culture, this interdisciplinary volume includes commissioned essays from the fields of architecture, visual art and urban geography. It draws on urban studies and moves beyon…
"Working at the intersections of visual, material, and literary culture, Urban Space and Cityscapes seeks in particular: to provide new critical and theoretical perspectives on the city at a time when the condition and future of urbanism are major subjects of international and p…
"Working at the intersections of visual, material, and literary culture, Urban Space and Cityscapes seeks in particular: to provide new critical and theoretical perspectives on the city at a time when the condition and future of urbanism are major subjects of international and p…
