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Record Nr.

UNINA9910449990103321

Autore

Keith Michael <1960, >

Titolo

After the cosmopolitan? : multicultural cities and the future of racism / / Michael Keith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2005

ISBN

1-134-29453-0

1-280-16881-1

0-203-48025-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

246p

Disciplina

307.76

Soggetti

Sociology, Urban

Cultural pluralism

Racism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

chapter 1 Introduction: Globalisation, urbanism and cosmopolitanism fever -- chapter 2 The mirage at the heart of the myth? Thinking about the white city -- chapter 3 After the cosmopolitan? The limits of the multicultural city and the mutability of racism -- chapter 4 The ghetto: Knowing your place and the performative cartographies of racial subordination -- chapter 5 Ethnic entrepreneurs and street rebels: Looking inside the inner city -- chapter 6 The street: Street sensibility? -- chapter 7 The cultural quarter: Globalisation, hybridity and curating exotica -- chapter 8 Tagging the city: Graffiti practice and transcultural communication -- chapter 9 The cartographies of community safety: Mapping danger and rumours of risk -- chapter 10 The plan: Knowing urbanism: between the allure of the cosmopolitan and the horror of the postcolony.