The great reimagining : public art, urban space, and the symbolic landscapes of a 'new' Northern Ireland / / Bree T. Hocking

• Autore: Hocking Bree T.
• 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
• Serie: Material mediations ; ; Volume 4.