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Literature and the Peripheral City
Finch, Jason, Salmela, Markku
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Description for Literature and the Peripheral City
Hardcover. Cities have always been defined by their centrality. But literature demonstrates that their diverse peripheries define them, too: from suburbs to slums, rubbish dumps to nightclubs and entire failed cities. The contributors to this collection explore literary urban peripheries through readings of literature from four continents and numerous cities. Editor(s): Ameel, Lieven; Finch, Jason; Salmela, Markku. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 442.
Cities have always been defined by their centrality. But literature demonstrates that their diverse peripheries define them, too: from suburbs to slums, rubbish dumps to nightclubs and entire failed cities. The contributors to this collection explore literary urban peripheries through readings of literature from four continents and numerous cities.
Cities have always been defined by their centrality. But literature demonstrates that their diverse peripheries define them, too: from suburbs to slums, rubbish dumps to nightclubs and entire failed cities. The contributors to this collection explore literary urban peripheries through readings of literature from four continents and numerous cities.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Number of Pages
244
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137492876
SKU
V9781137492876
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99-15
About Finch, Jason, Salmela, Markku
Lieven Ameel, University of Helsinki, Finland Jason Finch, Åbo Akademi University, Finland Topi Lappalainen, University of Helsinki, Finland Markku Salmela, University of Tampere, Finland Aleksejs Taube, University of Latvia, Latvia Tone Selboe, University of Oslo, Norway Jeremy Tambling, independent scholar, UK Elle-Mari Talivee, Tuglas and Under Literature Centre of the Estonian Academy of Sciences, Estonia Marita Wenzel, North-West University in ... Read more
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