The great reimagining : public art, urban space, and the symbolic landscapes of a 'new' Northern Ireland / / Bree T. Hocking
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| Autore: |
Hocking Bree T.
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| Titolo: |
The great reimagining : public art, urban space, and the symbolic landscapes of a 'new' Northern Ireland / / Bree T. Hocking
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, New York ; ; Oxford, England : , : berghahn, , 2015 |
| ©2015 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (244 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 307.1/21609416 |
| Soggetto topico: | City planning - Northern Ireland |
| Urban landscape architecture - Northern Ireland | |
| Social conflict - Northern Ireland | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Northern Ireland Social conditions 21st century |
| Soggetto non controllato: | Urban Studies, Anthropology (General) |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Figures; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction - Landscapes of Change in the Transitional City; Chapter 1 - A Place Apart? Sectarian Geographies, Share Space and the Material Production of a 'New' Northern Ireland; Chapter 2 - From 'Gunland' to Globalization: The 'Space of Flows' Meets Place in a City 'on the Rise'; Chapter 3 - Neutral Space is Shopping Space. Or is it? The Choreography of Consumption in Belfast City Centre; Chapter 4 - Beautiful Barriers: Contesting the Symbolic Reimaging of Community along a Belfast Peace Line |
| Chapter 5 - Transforming the Stone: Recasting Derry's Diamond War Memorial for the Demands of a Shared FutureChapter 6 - Art on the Frontlines: Civilizing Derry's Ebrington Military Barracks for a 'City of Culture'; Conclusion - The City as Civic Identikit? Twenty-first Century Public(s) on the Transnational Urban Stage Set; Appendix: Interview Profiles; Bibliography; Index | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | While sectarian violence has greatly diminished on the streets of Belfast and Derry, proxy battles over the right to define Northern Ireland's identity through its new symbolic landscapes continue. Offering a detailed ethnographic account of Northern Ireland's post-conflict visual transformation, this book examines the official effort to produce new civic images against a backdrop of ongoing political and social struggle. Interviews with politicians, policymakers, community leaders, cultural workers, and residents shed light on the deeply contested nature of seemingly harmonized urban landsca |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The great reimagining |
| ISBN: | 1-78238-622-X |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910818953403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Material mediations ; ; Volume 4.