Toward an Urban Cultural Studies

Henri Lefebvre and the Humanities
2015. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-137-49855-7
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan Us

Buch, Englisch, 277 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 481 g

Reihe: Hispanic Urban Studies

Toward an Urban Cultural Studies is a call for a new interdisciplinary area of research and teaching. Blending Urban Studies and Cultural Studies, this book grounds readers in the extensive theory of the prolific French philosopher Henri Lefebvre.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fraser, Benjamin

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction PART I: THEORETICAL GROUND 1. Why Urban Cultural Studies? Why Henri Lefebvre? 2. Henri Lefebvre's Recalibrated Marxism: Urban Alienation and Cultural Studies 3. The Work (of Art): Putting Art at the Service of the Urban Part II: TEXTUAL VARIATIONS 4. The Urban Dominant: Everyday Life and the City in Textual Criticism 5. The Iconic-Indexical City:Visions of Place in Urban Films 6. Listening to Urban Rhythms:Soundscapes in Popular Music 7. Representing Digital Spaces: Videogames and the Digital Humanities Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Benjamin Fraser is Professor and Chair of Foreign Languages and Literatures at East Carolina University, USA.