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Author:   Alexandra Boutros ,  Will Straw ,  Will Straw ,  Will Straw
Publisher:   McGill-Queen's University Press
Imprint:   McGill-Queen's University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.463kg
ISBN:  

9780773536654

ISBN 10:   0773536655
Pages:   306
Publication Date:   21 February 2010
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction / Alexandra Boutros and Will Straw PART ONE THE MOBILE CITY 1 Language in the City, Language of the City / Michael Darroch; 2 Telepathically Urban / Jennifer Gabrys; 3 The Imaginary of Self-Satisfaction: Reflections on the Platitude of the Creative City / Alan Blum PART TWO CITY TRAFFIC 4 Absence, Removal, and Everyday Life in the Diasporic City: Anti-Detention/Deportation Activism in Montreal / Jenny Burman; 5 The Spirit of Traffic: Navigating Faith in the City / Alexandra Boutros; 6 The Ephemeral Stage at Lionel Groulx Station / Amanda Boetzkes; 7 Cities of Rhythm and Revolution / Tobias c. van Veen PART THREE CITY CIRCUITS 8 Spectacles of Waste / Will Straw; 9 Places of Global Shape: The World of Consumption in Divided Berlin / Alexander Sedlmaier and Barthold Pelzer; 10 Modern Heroics: The Flaneur in Adolfo Bioy Casares's El sueno de los heroes / Amanda Holmes; 11 Temple Bar, Density and Circulation: The City as a Terrain of Many Voices / Kieran Bonner Bibliography; Contributors

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The theoretical and materialist attention to circulation, movement and rhythm in the city is part of a contemporary debate in the social sciences and humanities and this volume adds considerable depth to what is an important discussion. Ben Highmore, University of Sussex Circulation and the City is above all else a timely anthology. We have all recently watched in fascination as the courageous, technologically savvy young populations of Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Yemen, and Bahrain circulated Twitter messages among themselves as they gathered to protest in the face of official government forces. Circulation is the theoretical approach that will provide us with the language to describe what we have seen, and this collection in particular will prove useful to those who wish to acquaint themselves with the practices of circulation studies. Robert McFarland, Brigham Young University

The theoretical and materialist attention to circulation, movement and rhythm in the city is part of a contemporary debate in the social sciences and humanities and this volume adds considerable depth to what is an important discussion. Ben Highmore

Author Information

Alexandra Boutros is an assistant professor in the Department of Communication Studies at Wilfrid Laurier University. Will Straw is a professor in the Department of Art History and Communication Studies at McGill University.

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