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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454393003321

Titolo

Public spheres after socialism [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Angela Harutyunyan, Kathrin HrĖ˛schelmann, and Malcolm Miles ; editorial assistant, Karen Roulstone

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bristol, UK ; ; Chicago, : Intellect, 2009

ISBN

1-84150-288-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (154 p.)

Disciplina

306

Soggetti

Public spaces - Europe

Urban geography - Europe

Urban renewal - Europe

Post-communism - Europe

Public history - Europe

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"[P]apers ... originated in a three-day conference--'The Public Sphere: Between Contestation and Reconciliation'--organized by the National Association of Art Critics, Armenia in collaboration witht he Critical Spaces Research Group... The Conference took place at the American University, Yerevan, between 25 and 27 October 2005"--P. [7].

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Preliminary Pages; Contents; Preface; Section One: Monuments and Public Spheres; Section Two: Representations and Discourses; Section Three: Identities and Topographies of Everyday Life; Section Four: Public Spaces, Times and spheres; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

The concept of a public sphere has traditionally been associated with urban spaces. Public Spheres After Socialism contests this in light of shifts of perspective in the East and West after the end of the Cold War and the disintegration of the Soviet Union.Public Spheres After Socialism draws together contemporary experiences from Armenia - an interesting site of cultural and political cross-currents - Germany, Austria, France and the United Kingdom. It reconsiders the concept of a public sphere as a figurative, or mythical, location in which the members of a society shape and determine its va