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Autore: | Reader Keith |
Titolo: | Place de la Bastille [[electronic resource] ] : the story of a quartier / / Keith Reader |
Pubblicazione: | Liverpool, : Liverpool University Press, 2011 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (203 p.) |
Disciplina: | 944.36 |
Soggetto topico: | Historic sites - France - Paris |
Soggetto geografico: | France History Revolution, 1789-1799 |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Africa and Black British Identity; Ferdinand Dennis, Duppy Conqueror; Mike Phillips, The Dancing Face; Fred D'Aguiar, Feeding the Ghosts; On Symbols and Political Realities; 2 Islam and Antiracist Politics; Hanif Kureishi, The Black Album; Nadeem Aslam, Maps for Lost Lovers; Monica Ali, Brick Lane; On Difference and Autonomy; 3 Multiculturalism and Ethnicity Politics; Meera Syal, Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee; Gautam Malkani, Londonstani; Zadie Smith, White Teeth |
Caryl Phillips, The Nature of BloodOn Communities and Communication; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index | |
Sommario/riassunto: | Epicentre of the Revolution of 1789, erstwhile bastion of the skilled working-class and centre of radical agitation, along with Pigalle and Montmartre a focus for popular and raffish night-life in the early twentieth century, the Bastille area of Eastern Paris (also known as the Faubourg Saint-Antoine) is now an ethnically and socially mixed quartier which still bears the traces of its previous avatars. In a fascinating tour, Keith Reader charts the history and cultural geography of this unique area of Paris, from the fortress and prison that gave the area its name to the building of the large |
Titolo autorizzato: | Place de la Bastille |
ISBN: | 1-78138-804-0 |
1-84631-678-2 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910456933903321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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