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Spectacular Cities
Ipsita Chatterjee
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Description for Spectacular Cities
Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 30 b/w; 6 colour. BIC Classification: JFFS; JFSG; JHB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 332.
Plenty has been written on globalization to understand what it is. However, scholarship on globalization tends to segment it into either economic globalization in the form of flows of capital, investment, and goods; cultural globalization in the form of fast food, Barbie dolls, and migrant landscapes; or political globalization, in the form of erosion of the nation state. This book explores spectacular landscapes of the Akshardham temples in Gandhinagar and Delhi in India, and Atlanta, Dallas, Houston in the U.S.to understand globalization as it unfolds in a culture-economy synthesis. Adopting Marxian dialectical method, this book explores how culture, economy, and spectacular urban landscapes work in tandem to produce globalization through migrant narratives, migrant temple complexes, Vedic boat rides, and theme park religious complexes. The book therefore is as much an exploration of the dialectical stance in social theory and geography, as it is a Marxist feminist critique of the spectacular commodification of the urban form.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
OUP India India
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
New Delhi, India
ISBN
9780199465132
SKU
V9780199465132
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About Ipsita Chatterjee
Ipsita Chatterjee is Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, University of North Texas.
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