Imagining global Amsterdam : history, culture, and geography in a world city / edited by Marco de Waard.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Waard, Marco de, editor.

Series:

Cities and cultures.

Cities and Cultures

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social sciences.

Amsterdam (Netherlands)--History.

Amsterdam (Netherlands).

Amsterdam (Netherlands)--Social life and customs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (316 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

Text in English

Summary:

Imagining Global Amsterdam brings together new essays on the image of Amsterdam as articulated in film, literature, art, and urban discourse, considered within the context of globalization and its impact on urban culture. Subjects include: Amsterdam's place in global cultural memory; expressions of global consciousness in Amsterdam in the 'Golden Age'; articulations of Amsterdam as a tolerant, multicultural, and permissive 'global village'; and globalization's impact 'on the ground' through city branding, the cultural heritage industry, and cultural production in the city. Written by an interdisciplinary team of scholars, and united by a broad humanities approach, this collection forms a multifaceted inquiry into the dynamic relationship between Amsterdam, globalization, and the urban imaginary.

Contents:

Front matter

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Amsterdam and the Global Imaginary / de Waard, Marco

Part I: Historicizing Global Amsterdam

2. Imagining Social Change in Early-Modern Amsterdam: Global Processes, Local Perceptions / Ufer, Ulrich

3. Amidst Unscrupulous Neighbours: Amsterdam Money and Foreign Interests in Dutch Patriotic Imagery / Sturkenboom, Dorothee

4. Visualizing Commerce and Empire: Decorating the Built Environment of Amsterdam / Wintle, Michael

5. Romance and Commerce: Imagining Global Amsterdam in the Contemporary Historical Novel / Goggin, Joyce / Salor, Erinç

6. Dutch Decline Redux: Remembering New Amsterdam in the Global and Cosmopolitan Novel / de Waard, Marco

Part II: Amsterdam Global Village: (Inter)National Imaginings

7. Form, Punch, Caress: Johan van der Keuken's Global Amsterdam / Pisters, Patricia

8. Rembrandt on Screen: Art Cinema, Cultural Heritage, and the Museumization of Urban Space / de Waard, Marco

9. Imagining a Global Village: Amsterdam in Janwillem van de Wetering's Detective Fiction / Vanacker, Sabine

10. Amsterdam, City of Sirens: On Hafid Bouazza's Short Story 'Apolline' / Louwerse, Henriette

Part III: Global Amsterdam's Cultural Geography

11. Amsterdam and/as New Babylon: Urban Modernity's Contested Trajectories / Denaci, Mark E.

12. Amsterdam's Architectural Image from Early- Modern Print Series to Global Heritage Discourse / Schmidt, Freek

13. Amsterdam Memorials, Multiculturalism, and the Debate on Dutch Identity / Dewulf, Jeroen

14. Graphic Design, Globalization, and Placemaking in the Neighbourhoods of Amsterdam / Mac, Bharain

15. A Global Red-Light City? Prostitution in Amsterdam as a Real-and-Imagined Place / Deinema, Michaël / Aalbers, Manuel B.

16. Global Eros in Amsterdam: Religion, Sex, Politics / Valenta, Markha

Contributors

Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 29 Jan 2021).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed October 02 2025)

ISBN:

9789048515134

9048515130

OCLC:

879203549

Access Restriction:

Unrestricted online access