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The Barcelona Reader: Cultural Readings of a City
Enric Bou
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Description for The Barcelona Reader: Cultural Readings of a City
Paperback. The first comprehensive Reader to accompany the remarkable city of Barcelona Editor(s): Bou, Enric; Subirana, Jaume. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; JFC; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 163. .
Over the last twenty years there has been a growing international interest in the city of Barcelona. This has been reflected in the academic world through a series of studies, courses, seminars, and publications. The Barcelona Reader hinges together a selection of the best academic articles, written in English, about the city, and its main elements of identity and interest: art, urban planning, history and social movements. The book includes scholarly essays about Barcelona that can be of interest to the student and the general public alike. It focuses on cultural representations of the city: the arts (including literature) provide ... Read more
Over the last twenty years there has been a growing international interest in the city of Barcelona. This has been reflected in the academic world through a series of studies, courses, seminars, and publications. The Barcelona Reader hinges together a selection of the best academic articles, written in English, about the city, and its main elements of identity and interest: art, urban planning, history and social movements. The book includes scholarly essays about Barcelona that can be of interest to the student and the general public alike. It focuses on cultural representations of the city: the arts (including literature) provide ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
464
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781786940322
SKU
V9781786940322
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Enric Bou
Enric Bou has been chair of the Hispanic Studies Department at Brown University (Providence), between 2002 and 2011, and president of the North- American Catalan Society between 2007 and 2010. Currently he is professor in the Department of Comparative Linguistic and Cultural Studies at Università Ca’ Foscari in Venice. His latest book is Invention of Space. City, Travel and Literature ... Read more
Reviews for The Barcelona Reader: Cultural Readings of a City
Reviews 'Bou and Subirana offer us a great collection of articles on the city of Barcelona written in English (...) in a book with a wide approach to the subject. The city is, by definition, a complex creation and its interpretation therefore demands a plurality of views ("ways of seeing" according to John Berger). Barcelones, in the words of Manuel ... Read more