Berlin, Alexanderplatz : transforming place in a unifed Germany / / Gisa Weszkalnys

• Autore: Weszkalnys Gisa
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Berghahn Books, 2010
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (226 p.)
• Disciplina: 711/.5509431552
• Soggetto topico: Public spaces - Political aspects - Germany - Berlin
• Soggetto geografico: Alexanderplatz (Berlin, Germany); Berlin (Germany) Buildings, structures, etc
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Glossary; Chapter 1 - Introduction; Chapter 2 - Constructing a Future Berlin; Chapter 3 - The Distintegration of a Socialist Exemplar; Chapter 4 - Promising Plans; Chapter 5 - The Object of Grievance; Chapter 6 - A Robust Square; Chapter 7 - Whose Alexanderplatz?; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: A benchmark study in the changing field of urban anthropology, Berlin, Alexanderplatz is an ethnographic examination of the rapid transformation of the unified Berlin. Through a captivating account of the controversy around this symbolic public square in East Berlin, the book raises acute questions about expertise, citizenship, government and belonging. Based on ethnographic fieldwork in the city administration bureaus, developers' offices, citizen groups and in Alexanderplatz itself, the author advances a richly innovative analysis of the multiplicity of place. She reveals how Alexa
• Titolo autorizzato: Berlin, Alexanderplatz
• ISBN: 1-78238-318-2; 1-282-66245-7; 9786612662454; 1-84545-835-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910816031303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Space and place.