Global cities : cinema, architecture, and urbanism in a digital age

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Global cities : cinema, architecture, and urbanism in a digital age

edited by Linda Krause and Patrice Petro

(New directions in international studies)

Rutgers University Press, c2003

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  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Volume

: cloth ISBN 9780813532752

Description

In this volume, scholars from an array of disciplines critique the growing body of literature on the current process broadly known as ""globalization"". This interdisciplinary focus enables the authors to explore the complex geographies of modern cities, and to offer possible strategies for reclaiming a sense of place and community in these globalized urban settings. While examining major cities including New York, Tokyo, Berlin, Paris and Hong Kong, contributors insist that the study of urban experiences must remain as attentive to the material effects as to the psychic and social consequences of globalization. Accordingly, individual essays explore the implications of global culture for architecture, cinema and communication - but do so in a way that highlights the importance of the spaces between such metropolitan centres. These locations, the authors argue, serve as increasingly important ""frontier zones"", where an incredibly diverse set of actors converge and struggle for power and presence. Such a perspective, they contend, ultimately adds nuance and meaning to our understanding of the heterogeneous urban landscapes of these global cities.
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: pbk ISBN 9780813532769

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In Global Cities, scholars from an impressive array of disciplines critique the growing body of literature on the process broadly known as "globalization." This interdisciplinary focus enables the authors to explore the complex geographies of modern cities, and offer possible strategies for reclaiming a sense of place and community in these globalized urban settings. While examining major cities including New York, Tokyo, Berlin, Paris, and Hong Kong, contributors insist that the study of urban experiences must remain as attentive to the material effects as to the psychic and social consequences of globalization. Accordingly, essays explore the implications of global culture for architecture, cinema, and communication--but do so in a way that highlights the importance of the spaces between such metropolitan centers. These locations, the authors argue, serve as increasingly important "frontier zones," where a diverse set of actors converge and contend for power and presence. Such a perspective ultimately adds nuance and meaning to our understanding of the heterogeneous urban landscapes of these global cities. Linda Krause is an associate professor in the Department of Architecture at the School of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. Patrice Petro is professor of film studies and director of the Center for International Education at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. A volume in the New Directions in International Studies series, edited by Patrice Petro

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Reading the city in a global digital age: between topographic representation and spatialized power projects / Saskia Sassen Collective memory and locality in global cities / Jennifer Jordan Gobbled up and gone: cultural preservation and the global city marketplace / Tasha G. Oren Los toquis, or urban babel / Natas a D urovic ova Too close to home: Naruse Mikio and Japanese cinema of the 1950s / Catherine Russell Authenticity and globalization / John B. Hertz Global cannibal city machines: recent visions of urban/social space / Peter Sands Cinema, the city, and the cinematic / Ackbar Abbas Codes, collectives, and commodities: rethinking global cities as metalogistical spaces / Timothy W. Luke Some thoughts on cities: visions and plans / Jorge Annibal-Iribarne Architecture and memory / Jo Noero

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