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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817345003321

Titolo

Urban mindscapes of Europe / / edited by Godela Weiss-Sussex with Franco Bianchini

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; New York, NY, : Rodopi, 2006

ISBN

94-012-0362-8

1-4294-5625-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (305 p.)

Collana

European studies : an interdisciplinary series in European culture, history and politics ; ; 23

Altri autori (Persone)

Weiss-SussexGodela

BianchiniFranco <1959->

Disciplina

307.76094

Soggetti

City and town life - Europe

Sociology, Urban - Europe

Cities and towns - Europe

Europe Civilization 1945- Congresses

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"This volume is based on papers presented at the 'Urban Mindscapes of Europe' conference held in Leicester on 29 April 2004"--P. [6].

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Identity by Invocation or by Design? How Planning is Conjuring up a New Identity for MalmoĢˆ Confessions of a Place Marketer

Sommario/riassunto

Urban mindscapes are structures of thinking about a city, built on conceptualisations of the city's physical landscape as well as on its image as transported through cultural representation, memory and imagination.  This book pursues three main strands of inquiry in its exploration of these 'landscapes of the mind' in a European context. The first strand concerns the theory and methodology of researching urban mindscapes and urban 'imaginaries'. The second strand investigates some of the representations, symbols and collective images that feed into our understanding of European cities. It discusses representations of the city in literature, film, television and other cultural forms, which, in James Donald's phrase, constitute 'archives of urban images'. The third and last section of the volume concentrates on the relationship between the collective mindscapes of cities, urban policy and the practice of city marketing.