Urban Symbolism

Erscheinungsjahr 1993
ISBN: 978-90-04-09855-8
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 8, 394 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 708 g

Reihe: Studies in Human Society

This volume deals with a hitherto largely neglected aspect of cities, namely the symbolic and ritual structure in which the urban community is rooted. This fascinating facet is explored in a combined effort by social anthropologists, sociologists, historians and philologists for cities like Jakarta, Padang, Bangkok, Beijing, Tokyo, Baghdad, Kathmandu, Lucknow, Francistown, Vitoria and Buenos Aires. Three perspectives on the study of symbolism in the urban arena are developed, namely the material, cultural and structural point of view. This results in a series of new concepts for comparative use and provides lively descriptions suffused by rich detail of the social processes by which urban symbols and rituals are constituted.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Nas, Peter J.M.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophische Anthropologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction, Peter J.M. Nas

2. Jakarta, city full of symbols: An essay in symbolic ecology, Peter J.M. Nas

3. Mirrors and the lighthouse: A search for meaning in the monuments and great works of Sukarno’s Jakarta, 1960-1966, Jacques Leclerc

4. The power of symbols in the urban arena: The case of Padang (West Sumatra), Freek Colombijn

5. Images of a Sumatran town: Padang and the rise of urban symbolism in Indonesia, Hans-Dieter Evers

6. Urban rituals and symbols in Buenos Aires, 1806-1910, Hans Vogel

7. Signifying urban space: Vitória, Brazil. Cultural and political discourses behind urban imagery, Geert A. Banck

8. Image as territory: Paris’ Little Asia, Anne Raulin

9. A murder in Batavia or the ritual of power, Gerard Termorshuizen

10. Images of protest and the use of urban space in the 1989 Chinese People’s Movement, Frank N. Pieke

11. Toto/Tokyo: metropolis anno 17-something -19-now, Matthi Forrer

12. Making sense of urban space in Francistown, Botswana, Wim van Binsbergen

13. Bangkok as a symbol? Ideological and everyday life constructions of Bangkok, Rüdiger Korff

14. Icon, illusion and reality: Images of urbanism, Peter C.W. Gutkind

15. The urban capital in early states: Symbols and images, Henri J.M. Claessen

16. Keraton and temples in Bali: The transcendental organization of rulership between centre and periphery, Brigitta Hauser-Schäublin

17. Glory of Batavia: The image of a colonial city through the eyes of a Javanese nobleman, Willem van der Molen

18. Lucknow: The city of palace culture, Ghaus Ansari

19. Baghdad: The city of learning and pleasure, Wadia Taha Al-Najim

20. Kathmandu as a sacrificial arena, Bert van den Hoek

21. The circle and the square: Symbolic form and process in the city, Aidan Southall

Über Autor(innen)

Peter J.M. Nas (1944) is Senior Lecturer in urban and applied anthropology at the University of Leiden, The Netherlands.