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Fragments of the City Making and Remaking Urban Worlds.

Cities are becoming increasingly fragmented materially, socially, and spatially. From broken toilets and everyday things, to art and forms of writing, fragments are signatures of urban worlds and provocations for change. In Fragments of the City, Colin McFarlane examines such fragments, what they ar...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McFarlane, Colin
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2021.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Cities are becoming increasingly fragmented materially, socially, and spatially. From broken toilets and everyday things, to art and forms of writing, fragments are signatures of urban worlds and provocations for change. In Fragments of the City, Colin McFarlane examines such fragments, what they are and how they come to matter in the experience, politics, and expression of cities. How does the city appear when we look at it through its fragments? For those living on the economic margins, the city is often experienced as a set of fragments. Much of what low-income residents deal with on a dail.
Notas:Description based upon print version of record.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (360 p.)
ISBN:0520382250
9780520382251