LEADER 03898oam 22006494a 450 001 996449441603316 005 20210915043327.0 010 $a0-8135-7465-X 024 7 $a10.36019/9780813574653 035 $a(CKB)3710000000614194 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001630734 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16378017 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001630734 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14740439 035 $a(PQKB)11549928 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4452704 035 $a(OCoLC)944961549 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse51147 035 $a(DE-B1597)526449 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780813574653 035 $a(ScCtBLL)895d975d-fc2c-4f9c-9dd6-02670478651a 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000614194 100 $a20150710d2016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurmn#|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Insecure City$eSpace, Power, and Mobility in Beirut /$fKristin V. Monroe 210 1$aNew Brunswick, New Jersey :$cRutgers University Press,$d[2016] 210 4$dİ[2016] 215 $a1 online resource (194 pages) $cillustrations 311 $a0-8135-7462-5 311 $a0-8135-7463-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction: exploring mobility in Beirut -- The privatized city -- The space of war -- Politics and public space -- Securing Beirut -- The "chaos" of driving -- "There is no state". 330 $aFifteen years after the end of a protracted civil and regional war, Beirut broke out in violence once again, forcing residents to contend with many forms of insecurity, amid an often violent political and economic landscape. Providing a picture of what ordinary life is like for urban dwellers surviving sectarian violence, The Insecure City captures the day-to-day experiences of citizens of Beirut moving through a war-torn landscape. While living in Beirut, Kristin Monroe conducted interviews with a diverse group of residents of the city. She found that when people spoke about getting around in Beirut, they were also expressing larger concerns about social, political, and economic life. It was not only violence that threatened Beirut's ordinary residents, but also class dynamics that made life even more precarious. For instance, the installation of checkpoints and the rerouting of traffic-set up for the security of the elite-forced the less fortunate to alter their lives in ways that made them more at risk. Similarly, the ability to pass through security blockades often had to do with an individual's visible markers of class, such as clothing, hairstyle, and type of car. Monroe examines how understandings and practices of spatial mobility in the city reflect social differences, and how such experiences led residents to be bitterly critical of their government. In The Insecure City, Monroe takes urban anthropology in a new and meaningful direction, discussing traffic in the Middle East to show that when people move through Beirut they are experiencing the intersection of citizen and state, of the more and less privileged, and, in general, the city's politically polarized geography. 606 $aUrban anthropology$zLebanon$zBeirut 606 $aViolence$zLebanon$zBeirut 606 $aCity traffic$zLebanon$zBeirut 606 $aPublic spaces$zLebanon$zBeirut 606 $aSociology, Urban$zLebanon$zBeirut 607 $aBeirut (Lebanon)$xSocial conditions 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aUrban anthropology 615 0$aViolence 615 0$aCity traffic 615 0$aPublic spaces 615 0$aSociology, Urban 676 $a307.76095692/5 700 $aMonroe$b Kristin V.$f1974-$01022168 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996449441603316 996 $aThe Insecure City$92427856 997 $aUNISA