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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780235603321

Titolo

Global cities : cinema, architecture, and urbanism in a digital age / / edited by Linda Krause and Patrice Petro

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Brunswick, N.J. : , : Rutgers University Press, , 2003

ISBN

0-8135-5661-9

9780813534917

0-8135-3491-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 213 pages) : illustrations

Collana

New directions in international studies

Altri autori (Persone)

KrauseLinda

PetroPatrice <1957->

Disciplina

307.76/4/090511

Soggetti

Cities and towns in art

Arts and globalization

Arts, Modern - 20th century

Arts, Modern - 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Reading 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 Noero

Sommario/riassunto

In this volume, scholars critique the growing body of literature on the current process broadly known as 'globalization'. The authors explore the complex geographies of modern cities and offer possible strategies for reclaiming a sense of place and community in these globalized urban settings.