Urban Transformations in the U.S.A.: Spaces, Communities, Representations

ISBN-13: 9783837631111 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 320 str.

Julia Sattler

Opis

How did American cities change during the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries? This timely publication integrates research from American literary and cultural studies, urban studies, and history. The essays range from negotiations of the "ethnic city" in US literature and media to studies of recent urban phenomena and their representations: gentrification, re-appropriation, and conversion of urban space. These interdisciplinary and intercultural perspectives on American cities provide valuable points of entry for studying the complex narratives of urban transformation in the U.S. and elsewhere.

Recenzje

"Die verschiedenen Essays blicken auf und analysieren eine große Anzahl städtischer Transformationsprozesse und deren kulturelle Repräsentationen. Sie stellen sowohl thematisch als auch methodologisch einen wertvollen und äußerst lesenswerten Beitrag zur aktuellen Stadtforschung dar." Nico Völker, KULT_online, 48 (2016)

O autorze

Sattler, JuliaJulia Sattler teaches American Studies at TU Dortmund University (Germany). Her research focuses on the intersection of American Cultural Studies and Urban Studies, including a comparative study of the Ruhr region and Detroit.