Tuff City: Urban Change and Contested Space in Central Naples (Remapping Cultural History)

Dines, Nick

ISBN 10: 0857452797 / ISBN 13: 9780857452795

Published by Berghahn Books, 2012

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Tuff City: Urban Change and Contested Space in Central Naples (Remapping Cultural History)
• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0857452797
• ISBN 13: 9780857452795
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

During the 1990s, Naples’ left-wing administration sought to tackle the city’s infamous reputation of being poor, crime-ridden, chaotic and dirty by reclaiming the city’s cultural and architectural heritage. This book examines the conflicts surrounding the reimaging and reordering of the city’s historic centre through detailed case studies of two piazzas and a centro sociale, focusing on a series of issues that include heritage, decorum, security, pedestrianization, tourism, immigration and new forms of urban protest. This monograph is the first in-depth study of the complex transformations of one of Europe’s most fascinating and misunderstood cities. It represents a new critical approach to the questions of public space, citizenship and urban regeneration as well as a broader methodological critique of how we write about contemporary cities.

About the Author

Nick Dines lived and worked in Naples for seven years. He is research fellow in Sociology at Middlesex University, London.