Toward an Urban Cultural Studies - Henri Lefebvre and the Humanities

Zusatztext ian totality! Fraser skillfully makes the case that collaboration between social scientists and humanists holds the key to understanding our increasingly complex urban society." - Stephen Vilaseca! Associate Professor! Hispanic Studies! Northern Illinois University! USA Informationen zum Autor Benjamin Fraser is Professor and Chair of Foreign Languages and Literatures at East Carolina University, USA. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

List of contents

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

Product details

• Authors: B. Fraser, Benjamin Fraser
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.04.2015
• EAN: 9781137498557
• ISBN: 978-1-137-49855-7
• No. of pages: 287
• Series: Hispanic Urban Studies; Hispanic Urban Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous; Sozial- und Kulturgeschichte, B, Video, French, Cultural History, Music, Cultural Studies, Sound, Cultural Theory, Bezug zu Latino-Amerikanern, Marx, Social & cultural history, Digital Humanities, auseinandersetzen, Social and cultural history, Marxism, Interdisciplinary, Culture—Study and teaching, Civilization—History, Ethnology—Latin America, Palgrave Media & Culture Collection, Latino Culture, Textual Criticism, Hispanic Studies