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Public spheres after socialism / edited by Angela Harutyunyan, Kathrin Hrschelmann, and Malcolm Miles ; editorial assistant, Karen Roulstone.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Public spaces--Europe--Congresses.
- Public spaces.
- Urban geography--Europe--Congresses.
- Urban geography.
- Urban renewal--Europe--Congresses.
- Urban renewal.
- Post-communism--Europe--Congresses.
- Post-communism.
- Public history--Europe--Congresses.
- Public history.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (154 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Bristol, UK ; Chicago : Intellect, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The concept of a public sphere has traditionally been associated with urban spaces. Public Spheres After Socialism contests this in light of shifts of perspective in the East and West after the end of the Cold War and the disintegration of the Soviet Union.Public Spheres After Socialism draws together contemporary experiences from Armenia - an interesting site of cultural and political cross-currents - Germany, Austria, France and the United Kingdom. It reconsiders the concept of a public sphere as a figurative, or mythical, location in which the members of a society shape and determine its va
- Contents:
- Front Cover; Preliminary Pages; Contents; Preface; Section One: Monuments and Public Spheres; Section Two: Representations and Discourses; Section Three: Identities and Topographies of Everyday Life; Section Four: Public Spaces, Times and spheres; Back Cover
- Notes:
- "[P]apers ... originated in a three-day conference--'The Public Sphere: Between Contestation and Reconciliation'--organized by the National Association of Art Critics, Armenia in collaboration witht he Critical Spaces Research Group... The Conference took place at the American University, Yerevan, between 25 and 27 October 2005"--P. [7].
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1-84150-288-X
- OCLC:
- 646810265
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