Urban Space and Representation by Maria Balshaw
Theories of urban space have become the focus of a great deal of work by scholars in cultural geography, urban studies and critical theory. This volume contributes to that debate by analysing the relationship between theories of urban space and literary and visual representations of the city – an emergent area of confluence in literary, film and cultural studies. The contributors address themes such as visual culture and spectacle; class and capital; community and public space; and nation, diaspora and belonging. Cities covered include New York, Chicago, Jerusalem, Paris, London, Birmingham and Freetown, Sierra Leone. Artists and writers discussed include Piet Mondrian, Nella Larsen, Rudolph Fisher, Amos Oz, David Grossman, Sarah Schulman, Jonathan Larsen, Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, Paul Auster and Wayne Wang.
Maria Balshaw CBE is the first female director of the Tate art museums and galleries and the former director of the Whitworth and Manchester City Art Gallery. She is the author of Looking for Harlem (Pluto Press, 2000) and is the co-editor of Urban Representations (Pluto Press 1999). Liam Kennedy is Emeritus Professor at the School of History and Anthropology, Queen's University Belfast.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780745313443 |
| ISBN 10 | 0745313442 |
| Title | Urban Space and Representation |
| Author | Maria Balshaw |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Pluto Press |
| Year published | 1999-12-20 |
| Number of pages | 216 |
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