Cultures of the City

Explores the cultural mediation of relationships between people and urban spaces in Latin/o America and how these mediations shape the identities of cities and their residents. The contributors examine identity and the sense of place and belonging that connect people to urban environments, relating these to considerations of ethnicity, social and economic class, gender, everyday life, and cultural practices. They also consider history and memory and the making of places through the iterative performance of social practices.

About the author

Richard Young is professor emeritus of Spanish and Latin American studies at the University of Alberta. He is the editor of Popular Culture, Music, Identities and Latin American Postmodernisms, and the author, editor, or translator of numerous other articles and books.

Summary

These multidisciplinary essays explore the cultural mediation of relationships between people and urban spaces in Latin/o America, and how these mediations shape the identities of cities and their residents.

Product details

• Assisted by: Amanda Holmes (Editor), Richard Young (Editor), Richard A. Young (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of Pittsburgh Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2010
• EAN: 9780822961208
• ISBN: 978-0-8229-6120-8
• No. of pages: 264
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 237 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 416 g
• Series: Pitt Latin American Series; Pitt Latin American Studies; Pitt Latin American Series; Pitt Latin American
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous