Cities and Fascination: Beyond the Surplus of Meaning (Re-Materialising Cultural Geography)

Sahr, Wolf-Dietrich

ISBN 10: 1138255092 / ISBN 13: 9781138255098

Published by Routledge, 2016

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Cities and Fascination: Beyond the Surplus of Meaning (Re-Materialising Cultural Geography)
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1138255092
• ISBN 13: 9781138255098
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Bringing together leading urban scholars, this book discusses the linkages between the economic, social and psychological factors of the urban environment. It focuses on the growth of private urbanity that has led to a 'spectactularization' of the city, the most extreme component of attention being the fascination which is aroused by attractions and state-managed events. The complex characteristics of this fascination are examined under the dimensions of aesthetics, emotions, lived experiences and power structures and governance. The interdisciplinary nature of this collection has wide international appeal and will be of interest to academics of social and cultural geography and cultural and media studies.

About the Author

Professor Heiko Schmid, University of Heidelberg, Germany, Professor Wolf-Dietrich Sahr, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Brasil and Professor John Urry, Department of Sociology, Lancaster University, UK