Noir Urbanisms by Gyan Prakash
Dystopic imagery has figured prominently in modern depictions of the urban landscape. The city is often portrayed as a terrifying world of darkness, crisis, and catastrophe. This book traces the history of the modern city through its critical representations in art, cinema, print journalism, literature, sociology, and architecture.
"Noir Urbanisms deserves to be widely read and debatedIn describing why inequalities or disasters have occurred, this becomes a lesson for the architects and urban designers master-planning cities of the future."--Esme Fieldhouse, Blueprint Magazine
Gyan Prakash is the Dayton-Stockton Professor of History at Princeton University. His books include "Another Reason: Science and the Imagination of Modern India", and "The Spaces of the Modern City: Imaginaries, Politics, and Everyday Life" (both Princeton).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780691146447 |
| ISBN 10 | 0691146446 |
| Title | Noir Urbanisms |
| Author | Gyan Prakash |
| Series | Publications In Partnership With The Shelby Cullom Davis Center At Princeton University |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Princeton University Press |
| Year published | 2010-10-17 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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