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OverviewIn this volume, scholars from an array of disciplines critique the growing body of literature on the current process broadly known as ""globalization"". This interdisciplinary focus enables the authors to explore the complex geographies of modern cities, and to offer possible strategies for reclaiming a sense of place and community in these globalized urban settings. While examining major cities including New York, Tokyo, Berlin, Paris and Hong Kong, contributors insist that the study of urban experiences must remain as attentive to the material effects as to the psychic and social consequences of globalization. Accordingly, individual essays explore the implications of global culture for architecture, cinema and communication - but do so in a way that highlights the importance of the spaces between such metropolitan centres. These locations, the authors argue, serve as increasingly important ""frontier zones"", where an incredibly diverse set of actors converge and struggle for power and presence. Such a perspective, they contend, ultimately adds nuance and meaning to our understanding of the heterogeneous urban landscapes of these global cities. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Patrice Petro , Linda KrausePublisher: Rutgers University Press Imprint: Rutgers University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.369kg ISBN: 9780813532769ISBN 10: 0813532760 Pages: 224 Publication Date: 02 July 2003 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Awaiting stock  The supplier is currently out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out for you. Table of ContentsReading the city in a global digital age: between topographic representation and spatialized power projects / Saskia Sassen Collective memory and locality in global cities / Jennifer Jordan Gobbled up and gone: cultural preservation and the global city marketplace / Tasha G. Oren Los toquis, or urban babel / Nataša Ďurovičová Too close to home: Naruse Mikio and Japanese cinema of the 1950s / Catherine Russell Authenticity and globalization / John B. Hertz Global cannibal city machines: recent visions of urban/social space / Peter Sands Cinema, the city, and the cinematic / Ackbar Abbas Codes, collectives, and commodities: rethinking global cities as metalogistical spaces / Timothy W. Luke Some thoughts on cities: visions and plans / Jorge Annibal-Iribarne Architecture and memory / Jo NoeroReviewsRacing across the disciplines of architecture, sociology, media studies, and cultural studies, and sites like Berlin, Tokyo, and San Diego, this collection is unique in its ecumenical approach to the new phenomenon of the city under or as globalization. Racing across the disciplines of architecture, sociology, media studies, and cultural studies, and sites like Berlin, Tokyo, and San Diego, this collection is unique in its ecumenical approach to the new phenomenon of the city under or as globalization.--Toby Miller professor of cultural studies and cultural policy, New York University Author InformationLinda Krause is an associate professor in the Department of Architecture at the School of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. Patrice Petro is professor of film studies and director of the Center for International Education at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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