Urban Constellations - Spaces of Cultural Regeneration in Post-Industrial Britain

Zusatztext 'Nobody concerned with the contemporary city can afford to ignore Urban Constellations. Its analyses of the dreamscapes of regeneration are timely! exacting! and critical in the best sense of that term; they are also deeply moving.' Ben Highmore! University of Sussex! UK 'Fizzing with ideas! this inspired analysis investigates the spectacular cultural temples erected in British post-industrial cities at the turn of the 20th century. Such flagship projects are often depicted as hollow shrines to superficial consumption! yet here! drawing on theories from Benjamin and Baudrillard! they are read against the grain. While Zoë Thompson acknowledges the banal commodification of place and culture inherent in these grand designs! her sophisticated exploration reveals overlooked ecologies and histories! unexpected fragments of the past and unforeseen twists that disrupt dreams of seamlessness and offer alternative approaches for critical scrutiny.' Tim Edensor! Manchester Metropolitan University! UK Informationen zum Autor Zoë Thompson is Senior Lecturer in Media! Communication and Cultures at Leeds Beckett University! UK. Zusammenfassung This book investigates the iconic architectural cultural spaces of the contemporary cityscape as engines of regeneration. Promising much to their fading locales, these spaces locate culture in the space where production once ruled in order to revitalise post-industrial urban provinces. With close attention to four sites across the UK. Inhaltsverzeichnis Urban Constellations

Product details

• Authors: Dr. Zoe Brigley Thompson, Zod Thompson, Zoe Thompson, Zoë Thompson, Zoe Brigley Thompson
• Publisher: ASHGATE PUB CO
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.12.2014
• EAN: 9781472427229
• ISBN: 978-1-4724-2722-9
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, Social Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Human Geography, Urban communities, Settlement, urban and rural geography