Description
Toward an Urban Cultural Studies, 2015
Henri Lefebvre and the Humanities
Hispanic Urban Studies Series
Author: Fraser Benjamin
Language: EnglishSubject for Toward an Urban Cultural Studies:
Keywords
Henri Lefebvre; Urban Cultural Studies; Urban Studies; Urban Geography; Urban Theory; Philosophy; Cultural Studies; Literature; Film Studies; Popular Music; Videogames; Digital Humanities; Hispanic Studies; French; interdisciplinary; Marx; marxism; music; philosophy; sound; textual criticism; video
Publication date: 04-2015
Support: Print on demand
Support: Print on demand
Description
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Toward an Urban Cultural Studies is a call for a new interdisciplinary area of research and teaching. Blending Urban Studies and Cultural Studies, this book grounds readers in the extensive theory of the prolific French philosopher Henri Lefebvre.
Introduction PART I: THEORETICAL GROUND 1. Why Urban Cultural Studies? Why Henri Lefebvre? 2. Henri Lefebvre's Recalibrated Marxism: Urban Alienation and Cultural Studies 3. The Work (of Art): Putting Art at the Service of the Urban Part II: TEXTUAL VARIATIONS 4. The Urban Dominant: Everyday Life and the City in Textual Criticism 5. The Iconic-Indexical City:Visions of Place in Urban Films 6. Listening to Urban Rhythms:Soundscapes in Popular Music 7. Representing Digital Spaces: Videogames and the Digital Humanities Conclusion
Benjamin Fraser is Professor and Chair of Foreign Languages and Literatures at East Carolina University, USA.
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