Milanese encounters : public space and vision in contemporary urban Italy /

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In a city driven by fashion and design, visibility and invisibility are powerful forces. Milanese Encounters examines how the acts of looking, recognizing, and being seen reflect social relations and power structures in contemporary Milan. Cristina Moretti's ethnographic study reveals how the m...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Moretti, Cristina, 1970- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2015]
Series:Anthropological horizons.
Subjects:
Public spaces > Italy > Milan.
Social groups > Italy > Milan.
Visualization > Social aspects > Italy > Milan.
Espaces publics > Italie > Milan.
Visualisation > Aspect social > Italie > Milan.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Public spaces
Social groups
Italy > Milan
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Orientations
  • Milan
  • The Agora of the city
  • Spatial politics
  • Creating spaces, constructing selves
  • Entangled (in)visibilities
  • Walking with women : vision and gender in the city
  • Places and stages : vision and performance in public space
  • Conclusion : Into the future.

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