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Hypercity: The Symbolic Side of Urbanism - Hardcover

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9780710312792: Hypercity: The Symbolic Side of Urbanism
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0710312792 ISBN 13: 9780710312792
Publisher: Kegan Paul, 2006

Synopsis

Cities are sites of multiple meanings and symbols, ranging from statues and street names to festivals and architecture. Sometimes the symbolic side of urbanism is so strong that it outshines reality -- then we speak of hypercity. Urban symbolic ecology and hypercity studies are relatively new fields that deal with the production, distribution and consumption of symbols and meanings in urban space, timely concerns in an era of increasing globalization and competition between mega-urban regions. This volume, which presents a detailed introduction to the new fields, followed by case studies of the cultural layer of symbolism in Brussels (Belgium), Cape Town (South Africa), Cuenca (Ecuador), Delft (The Netherlands), Kingston (Jamaica), Ljubljana (Slovenia), Paris (France) and cities in Italy and Indonesia, amply demonstrates that the time has come for urban symbolic ecology and hypercity studies to be included in regular urban studies training in the fields of anthropology, sociology and architecture.

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About the Author

Peter J.M. Nas is an urban anthropologist and Professor in the Socio-cultural Aspects of the Built Environment in Indonesia at Leiden University, the Netherlands. Annemarie Samuels is an MA student in Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology at Leiden University, The Netherlands.

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Publisher
Kegan Paul
Publication date
2006
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0710312792
ISBN 13 
9780710312792
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
200