Alternative modernities in French travel writing : engaging urban space in London and New York, 1851-1986 /

Examining the aesthetics and politics at stake in urban travel writing as spatial practice, this book explores French travellers' representations of London and New York from 1851 to the 1980s.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jein, Gillian, 1978- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London, UK : Anthem Press, an imprint of Wimbledon Publishing Company, 2016.
Colección:Anthem studies in travel.
Temas:
French > Travel > England > London > History.
French > Travel > New York (State) > New York > History.
Travel writers > France > History.
Travelers' writings, French > History and criticism.
City and town life > England > London > History.
City and town life > New York (State) > New York > History.
Spatial behavior > Social aspects > England > London > History.
Spatial behavior > Social aspects > New York (State) > New York > History.
Public spaces > Social aspects > England > London > History.
Public spaces > Social aspects > New York (State) > New York > History.
Franðcais > Voyages > Angleterre > Londres > Histoire.
Franðcais > Voyages > New York (ĐEtat) > New York > Histoire.
ĐEcrits de voyageurs franðcais > Histoire et critique.
Vie urbaine > Angleterre > Londres > Histoire.
Vie urbaine > New York (ĐEtat) > New York > Histoire.
Espaces publics > Aspect social > Angleterre > Londres > Histoire.
Espaces publics > Aspect social > New York (ĐEtat) > New York > Histoire.
TRAVEL > Europe > General.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > French.
City and town life
French > Travel
Public spaces > Social aspects
Travel writers
Travelers' writings, French
England > London
France
New York (State) > New York
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Half-Title; Series Editor; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Approaching the City; Crossings; Questions of Interpretation; Urban Spaces in Travel Studies; The Politics of Poetics; Alternative Modernities; Expectations, Chapter Outlines; Chapter OneȨProducing the City; 1.1ȨPractising Place; 1.2ȨMeaning-Making in the Urban Environment; 1.3ȨRepresentations of Space I: The 'Figured City'; 1.4ȨRepresentations of Space II: Constructing Cultural Codes in Architecture; 1.5ȨRepresentational Spaces: From the 'Figured City' to the Lives of Spaces.
  • 1.6ȨTravel as Spatial Practice1.6.1ȨThe Inhabitant; 1.6.2ȨTravel and the Traveller; 1.7ȨReading the City; 1.7.1ȨThe Pilgrim; 1.7.2ȨThe Educationalist; 1.7.3ȨThe Tourist; 1.7.4ȨThe Nomad; 1.8ȨRepresentational Space, Writing the City; 1.8.1ȨIssues of Genre and Modes of Representation; 1.8.2ȨFiction; 1.8.3ȨLiterary Presence; 1.8.4ȨAutobiography; 1.8.5ȨEthnography; 1.8.6ȨLegislative and Interpretive Modes of Travel; Chapter TwoȨUrban Oppositions: Producing French Space in Nineteenth-Century London; 2.1ȨModern Babylon; 2.2ȨFrench Travel Writing and Modernity.
  • 2.3ȨJules Janin's Glass Palace2.4ȨA Worthwhile Revolution; 2.5ȨAn English Pilgrimage to a French Past; 2.6ȨAvoiding the Everyday; 2.7ȨJules VallÆes's Topographies of Exile; 2.8ȨOutcast London; 2.9ȨThe Great Maw; Chapter ThreeȨRevealing and Reconstructing London; 3.1ȨThe Secret City: Authentic Spaces and Dark Tourism; 3.2ȨThe Guide; 3.3ȨDark Tourism and Language; 3.4ȨCarceral Spaces and Transparency; 3.5ȨSpaces of Quietude: Leroy's Forgotten London; 3.6ȨReconstructing London; Chapter FourȨWandering Geometry: Order and Identity in New York; 4.1ȨReading the Grid.
  • 4.2ȨMorand's Guide to Modernity4.3ȨThe Order of Things; 4.4ȨFraming America: Sartre in New York; 4.5ȨFragile Homes, Mobile Identities; 4.6ȨWandering Geometry: Located and Lost; Chapter FiveȨWriting around the Lines: Interpretive Travel Writing; 5.1ȨGeorges Perec on Ellis Island; 5.2ȨMonuments and Non-places; 5.3ȨWriting Potential Memory; 5.4ȨInterpretive Travel and Ethical Spaces: Jean Baudrillard's America; 5.5ȨThe Ethics of Form; 5.6ȨWithout Grounds; 5.7ȨThe Perfect Crime; Conclusion; Notes; References; Index.

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