Cities of whiteness / / Wendy S. Shaw

• Autore: Shaw Wendy S.
• Pubblicazione: Malden, MA : , : Blackwell Publishing, , [2007]; ©2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (234 p.)
• Disciplina: 307.76; 307.760994
• Soggetto topico: Urban geography - Australia; Urbanization - Australia; Whites - Race identity - Australia; Racism - Australia; Aboriginal Australians - Attitudes
• Soggetto geografico: Australia Race relations
• Classificazione: 74.27; MH 95000; MS 1270; MS 1750; RX 15627; RX 15808
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Encountering cities of whiteness -- (Post)colonial Sydney -- 'The good old days' -- Cosmopolitan metropolitanism (or the indifferent city) -- Cities of whiteness.
• Sommario/riassunto: This groundbreaking book brings the study of whiteness and postcolonial perspectives to bear on debates about urban change.:.; A thought-provoking contribution to debates about urban change, race and cosmopolitan urbanism.; Brings the study of whiteness to the discipline of geography, questioning the notion of white ethnicity.; Engages with Indigenous peoples' experiences of whiteness – past and present, and with theoretical postcolonial perspectives.; Uses Sydney as an example of a 'city of whiteness', considering trends such as Sydney's 'SoHo Syndrome' and the 'Harlemisation' of the Aborigin
• Titolo autorizzato: Cities of whiteness
• ISBN: 1-4443-9971-3; 1-281-84072-6; 9786611840723; 0-470-71293-7; 0-470-71268-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910831083603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Antipode book series.