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OverviewToward 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Benjamin FraserPublisher: Palgrave Macmillan Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.490kg ISBN: 9781137498557ISBN 10: 1137498552 Pages: 277 Publication Date: 01 April 2015 Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Professional & Vocational , Tertiary & Higher Education 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 ContentsIntroduction 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 ConclusionReviewsWith convincing arguments and useful detail, Benjamin Fraser's important new book maps out the terrain of an urban cultural studies. Engaging with core questions of cultural value, textuality, and the role of the humanities, Toward an Urban Cultural Studies skillfully moves in and out of the work of Henri Lefebvre, situating this work in relation to other key currents in cultural theory and analysis. While the theoretical arguments here are effective, Fraser also delivers the analytic goods, in effective case studies that show us how an urban cultural studies might renew the study of literature, cinema and music. I expect the influence of this book to be enduring and far-reaching. - Will Straw, Professor, Art History and Communications Studies, McGill University, Canada Benjamin Fraser's book is the most accessible, inspiring, and convincing point of entry to date into why an urban cultural studies method is necessary and important. Building upon Lefebvre's notion of Marxian totality, Fraser skillfully makes the case that collaboration between social scientists and humanists holds the key to understanding our increasingly complex urban society. - Stephen Vilaseca, Associate Professor, Hispanic Studies, Northern Illinois University, USA """With convincing arguments and useful detail, Benjamin Fraser's important new book maps out the terrain of an urban cultural studies. Engaging with core questions of cultural value, textuality, and the role of the humanities, Toward an Urban Cultural Studies skillfully moves in and out of the work of Henri Lefebvre, situating this work in relation to other key currents in cultural theory and analysis. While the theoretical arguments here are effective, Fraser also delivers the analytic goods, in effective case studies that show us how an urban cultural studies might renew the study of literature, cinema and music. I expect the influence of this book to be enduring and far-reaching."" - Will Straw, Professor, Art History and Communications Studies, McGill University, Canada ""Benjamin Fraser's book is the most accessible, inspiring, and convincing point of entry to date into why an urban cultural studies method is necessary and important. Building upon Lefebvre's notion of Marxian totality, Fraser skillfully makes the case that collaboration between social scientists and humanists holds the key to understanding our increasingly complex urban society."" - Stephen Vilaseca, Associate Professor, Hispanic Studies, Northern Illinois University, USA" Author InformationBenjamin Fraser is Professor and Chair of Foreign Languages and Literatures at East Carolina University, USA. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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