New York, New York! : Urban Spaces, Dreamscapes, Contested Territories

Sielke, Sabine (EDT); Bosserhoff, Björn (COL)

ISBN 10: 3631665547 / ISBN 13: 9783631665541

Published by Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, 2015

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: New York, New York! : Urban Spaces, Dreamscapes, Contested Territories
• Publisher: Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3631665547
• ISBN 13: 9783631665541
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Once a center of transatlantic cultural exchange and the avant-garde arts, New York City has transformed into a global metropolis. This book traces a shift that took shape as cultural practices and media underwent dramatic changes: it takes us from modernist visions of urban sublimity to postmodernist cityscapes; from Hart Crane’s Brooklyn Bridge to the Flushing Meadows fairgrounds; from Mina Loy’s poetics to Klaus Nomi’s transgressive musical performances and Jem Cohen’s multimedia experiments; from Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver and the Magnum Photos portfolio to post-9/11 cinema and the photo blogs of the internet age. As we visit these urban spaces and dreamscapes, we enter territories that remain contested, dynamic locales in a city that keeps unfolding its transformative force.

About the Author

Sabine Sielke is Chair of North American Literature and Culture and Director of the North American Studies Program and the German-Canadian Centre at the University of Bonn. Her research ranges from US-American poetry and poetics to the crossroads between cultural studies and the sciences.