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OverviewThis book is about the contemporary city and those who live in it. It is thus also about the urban world of the era (extending roughly from the 1960s to the present) that we see as postmodern, and specifically about how the postmodern city is changing under the impact of globalization and new information and communication technologies. In particular, Geyh explores how the urban spaces of postmodernity (parks, plazas, streets, sidewalks) and postmodern urban subjectivities and communities respond to and create each other -- how they become mutually constructing. While there is much in this book about what makes a city ""postmodern,"" its primary focus is on how the postmodern city is experienced by its inhabitants, and in this respect the book is also a study of everyday life in the postmodern era. As such, it deals not only with the ways in which the postmodern city has developed out of economic, technological, political, and cultural structures that are different from those of the modern city, but also with how the postmodern city changes our ways of knowing and experiencing the world and ourselves as postmodern urban subjects, as citizens of postmodernity. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Paula GeyhPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Volume: v. 22 Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.650kg ISBN: 9780415991728ISBN 10: 0415991722 Pages: 248 Publication Date: 09 April 2009 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education , Undergraduate Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationPaula Geyh is an associate professor of English at Yeshiva University and a co-editor of Postmodern American Fiction: A Norton Anthology. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |