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Cities and urban cultures / Deborah Stevenson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stevenson, Deborah.
- Series:
- Issues in cultural and media studies.
- Issues in cultural and media studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cities and towns.
- Sociology, Urban.
- Urban anthropology.
- City and town life.
- Postmodernism--Social aspects.
- Postmodernism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (184 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Maidenhead : Open University Press, 2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Explores cities and urban life from the perspectives of both sociology and cultural theory. This book demonstrates that the 'real' city of physicality and struggle and the 'imagined' city of representations are entwined in the construction of urban cultures. It designed as a text for courses in cultural studies, sociology and wider social science.
- Contents:
- Cover; Half title; Series editor; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Last terms; Series editor's foreword; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Glossary; References; Index; Media, risk and science; Violence and the media; Moral apnics and the media
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-94813-2
- 0-335-22798-8
- OCLC:
- 182530439
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