LEADER 03125nam 22005174a 450 001 9910810776803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-203-68777-9 010 $a1-134-43711-0 010 $a0-203-42133-7 010 $a1-134-43712-9 010 $a1-280-05770-X 035 $a(CKB)2670000000519502 035 $a(EBL)200179 035 $a(OCoLC)437060239 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC200179 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000519502 100 $a20030814d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 04$aThe end of tradition? /$fedited by Nezar AlSayyad 210 $aLondon ;$aNew York $cRoutledge$d2004 215 $a1 online resource (278 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-29040-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 256-257) and index. 327 $aThe end of tradition, or the tradition of endings / Nezar AlSayyad -- Tradition is (not) modern : deterritorializing globalization / Jane M. Jacobs -- The tradition of the end : global capitalism and the contemporary spaces of Apocalypse / Katharyne Mitchell -- Nostalgias of the modern / Ananya Roy -- Nature and tradition at the border : landscaping the end of the nation state / Matthew Sparke -- The tensed embrace of tourism and traditional environments : exclusionary practices in Cancun, Cuba, and southern Florida / Robert Mugerauer -- Architecture and the production of postcard images : invocations of tradition vs. critical transnationalism in Curitiba / Clara Irazabal -- Tradition as a means to the end of tradition : farmer's houses in Italy's Fascist-era new towns / Mia Fuller -- Cultural identity and architectural image in Bo-Kaap, Cape Town / Fabio Todeschini and Derek Japha -- The latency of tradition : on the vicissitudes of walls in contemporary China / Duanfang Lu -- Seizing locality in Jerusalem / Alona Nitzan-Shiftan. 330 $aRooted in real world observations, this book questions the concept of tradition - whether contemporary globalization will prove its demise or whether there is a process of simultaneous ending and renewing. In his introduction, Nezar Alsayyad discusses the meaning of the word 'tradition' and the current debates about the 'end of tradition'. Thereafter the book is divided into three parts. The three chapters in part I explore the inextricable link between 'tradition' and 'modern', revealing the geopolitical implications of this link. Part II looks at tradition as a process of invention a 606 $aTradition (Philosophy) 606 $aGlobalization$xSocial aspects 606 $aGlobalization$xPolitical aspects 615 0$aTradition (Philosophy) 615 0$aGlobalization$xSocial aspects. 615 0$aGlobalization$xPolitical aspects. 676 $a148 701 $aAlSayyad$b Nezar$0643844 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910810776803321 996 $aThe End of Tradition$93995528 997 $aUNINA