Preserving the Old City of Damascus

Informationen zum Autor Faedah M. Totah is assistant professor in the political science unit at Virginia Commonwealth University! USA. Klappentext Examines the recent gentrification of the historic urban core of the Syrian capital and the ways in which urban space becomes the site for negotiating new economic and social realities. The book illustrates how long-term inhabitants of the historic quarter, developers, and government officials offer at times competing interpretations of urban space and its use as they vie for control over the representation of the historic neighbourhoods. Zusammenfassung This study on the current gentrification and historic preservation of the Old City of Damascus illustrates how local discourses on civilization! social hierarchies! and politics of heritage are renegotiated.

Info autore

Faedah M. Totah is assistant professor in the Political Science Department at Virginia Commonwealth University.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Faedah Totah, Faedah M. Totah
• Editore: Syracuse University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.05.2014
• EAN: 9780815633495
• ISBN: 978-0-8156-3349-5
• Pagine: 328
• Serie: Contemporary Issues in the Mid; Contemporary Issues in the Mid; Contemporary Issues in the Middle East
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Altro