The Urban Lifeworld : Formation Perception Representation

ISBN-13: 9780415231770 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 400 str.

Peter Madsen; Richard Plunz

Opis

This volume of scholarly essays, the result of detailed research, contributes to our understanding of the cultural role of cities by offering an alternative approach to the analysis of urban experience. Two major cities, New York and Copenhagen are used as vehicles for this exploration of sociological, anthropological and aesthetic issues. The contribution of academics in the field of literature bring a different perspective to this comparative work.

Recenzje

'Articles are interesting and well conceived.' - Architectural Review

'... among the best anthologies within the area of urban studies. The editors have suceeded in producing a truly multidisciplinary book, which highlights different aspects of urbanization, urbanism and urbanity in the modern city.' - Katarina Nylund, Planning Theory and Practice

Spis treści

Introduction. PART I. Formation. 1. City: Culture: Nature. 2. Framing the Urban Development. 3. The Layered City. 4. Copenhagen. 5. Spotting Modern Copenhagen. 6. Midtown Manhattan at Midcentury. PART II. Perception. 7. Permeable Boundaries. 8. The Machine in the City. 9. Imaging New York. 10. Four Ways of Overlooking Copenhagen in Steen Eiler Rasmussen. PART III. Representations. 11. The Ashcan Artists. 12. Imagined. 13. Urban Life as Entertainment. 14. The Double Erasure of Times Square. 15. The Musical (Theater) as Equipment for Urban Living. 16. Jenny Holzer and Barbara Kruger at Times Square.

O autorze

Richard Plunz, Peter Madsen