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Autore |
Hocking Bree T. |
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The great reimagining : public art, urban space, and the symbolic landscapes of a 'new' Northern Ireland / / Bree T. Hocking |
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New York, New York ; ; Oxford, England : , : berghahn, , 2015 |
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©2015 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (244 p.) |
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Collana |
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Material Mediations: People and Things in a World of Movement ; ; Volume 4 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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City planning - Northern Ireland |
Urban landscape architecture - Northern Ireland |
Social conflict - Northern Ireland |
Electronic books. |
Northern Ireland Social conditions 21st century |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Figures; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction - Landscapes of Change in the Transitional City; Chapter 1 - A Place Apart? Sectarian Geographies, Share Space and the Material Production of a 'New' Northern Ireland; Chapter 2 - From 'Gunland' to Globalization: The 'Space of Flows' Meets Place in a City 'on the Rise'; Chapter 3 - Neutral Space is Shopping Space. Or is it? The Choreography of Consumption in Belfast City Centre; Chapter 4 - Beautiful Barriers: Contesting the Symbolic Reimaging of Community along a Belfast Peace Line |
Chapter 5 - Transforming the Stone: Recasting Derry's Diamond War Memorial for the Demands of a Shared FutureChapter 6 - Art on the Frontlines: Civilizing Derry's Ebrington Military Barracks for a 'City of Culture'; Conclusion - The City as Civic Identikit? Twenty-first Century Public(s) on the Transnational Urban Stage Set; Appendix: Interview Profiles; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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While sectarian violence has greatly diminished on the streets of Belfast and Derry, proxy battles over the right to define Northern Ireland's |
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identity through its new symbolic landscapes continue. Offering a detailed ethnographic account of Northern Ireland's post-conflict visual transformation, this book examines the official effort to produce new civic images against a backdrop of ongoing political and social struggle. Interviews with politicians, policymakers, community leaders, cultural workers, and residents shed light on the deeply contested nature of seemingly harmonized urban landsca |
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