Urban Transformations in the U.S.A. - Spaces, Communities, Representations

How did American cities change throughout the 20th and early 21st century? This timely publication integrates research from American Literary and Cultural Studies, Urban Studies and History. The essays range from negotiations of the »ethnic city« in US literature and media, to studies of recent urban phenomena and their representations: gentrification, re-appropriation and conversion of urban spaces in the USA.
These interdisciplinary and intercultural perspectives on American cities provide unique points of access for studying the complex narratives of urban transformation.

About the author

Julia Sattler teaches American Studies at TU Dortmund University (Germany). Her research focuses on the intersection of American Cultural Studies and Urban Studies, including a comparative study of the Ruhr region and Detroit.

Report

»Die verschiedenen Essays blicken auf und analysieren eine große Anzahl städtischer Transformationsprozesse und deren kulturelle Repräsentationen. Sie stellen sowohl thematisch als auch methodologisch einen wertvollen und äußerst lesenswerten Beitrag zur aktuellen Stadtforschung dar.«

Nico Völker, KULT_online, 48 (2016) 20161102

Product details

• Assisted by: Juli Sattler (Editor), Julia Sattler (Editor)
• Publisher: Transcript
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2016
• EAN: 9783837631111
• ISBN: 978-3-8376-3111-1
• No. of pages: 426
• Dimensions: 147 mm x 227 mm x 26 mm
• Weight: 667 g
• Illustrations: 4 schw.-w. Abb.
• Series: Urban Studies; Urban Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Humanities (general); Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Urban and regional sociology