Memory Culture and the Contemporary City
Staiger, Uta, Steiner, Henriette, Webber, Andrew
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Description for Memory Culture and the Contemporary City
Hardcover. These essays by leading figures from academia, architecture and the arts consider how cultures of memory are constructed for and in contemporary cities. They take Berlin as a key case of a historically burdened metropolis, but also extend to other global cities: Jerusalem, Buenos Aires, Cape Town and New York. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 222 x 136 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
These essays by leading figures from academia, architecture and the arts consider how cultures of memory are constructed for and in contemporary cities. They take Berlin as a key case of a historically burdened metropolis, but also extend to other global cities: Jerusalem, Buenos Aires, Cape Town and New York.
These essays by leading figures from academia, architecture and the arts consider how cultures of memory are constructed for and in contemporary cities. They take Berlin as a key case of a historically burdened metropolis, but also extend to other global cities: Jerusalem, Buenos Aires, Cape Town and New York.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
Number of Pages
238
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230576650
SKU
V9780230576650
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99-15
About Staiger, Uta, Steiner, Henriette, Webber, Andrew
VICTOR BURGIN is Professor Emeritus of History of Consciousness at the University of California, Santa Cruz, USA STEFANIE BURKLE is an artist and Professor of Fine Arts at the Technical University, Berlin, Germany PHILIPP EKARDT is a Research Associate at the Freie Universität Berlin, Germany THOMAS ELSAESSER is Emeritus Professor of Media and Culture at the University of Amsterdam, The ... Read more
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