Introducing Urban Anthropology

ISBN-13: 9781032125589 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 240 str.

the Netherlands) de Koni Anouk (Radboud University Nijmegen

Opis

This book provides an up-to-date introduction to the important and growing field of urban anthropology. This is an increasingly critical area of study, as more than half of the world’s population now lives in cities and anthropological research is increasingly done in an urban context.

Spis treści

1 Introduction, 2 Urban Places, 3 Urban Mobilities, 4 Social Life in Public Space, 5 Urban Economies, 6 Consumption, Leisure and Lifestyles, 7 Neoliberalism and its discontents, 8 Planning the City, 9 Cities, Citizenship and Politics, 10 Violence, Security and Social Control, 11 Conclusion: The Futures of Urban Anthropology,