Tehran's borderlines : urban development and public life in contemporary Iran / Jaleh Jalili.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jalili, Jaleh, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Urbanization--Iran--Social aspects.

Urbanization.

Cities and towns--Growth.

Cities and towns.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 168 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2024.

Summary:

Tehran has changed in recent decades. Rapid urban development through the expansion of subway lines, highways, bridges, and tunnels, and the emergence of new public spaces have drastically reshaped the physical spaces of Tehran. As the city changes, so do its citizens, their social relations, and their individual and collective perceptions of urban life, class, and culture. Tehran's Borderlines is about the social relations that are interrupted, facilitated, forged, and transformed through processes of urban development. Focusing on the use of public spaces, this book provides an analysis of urban social relations in the context of broader economic, cultural, and political forces. The book offers a narrative of how public spaces function as manifestations of complex relations among citizens of different backgrounds, between citizens and the state, and between forces that shape the physical realities of spaces and the conceptual meanings that citizens create and assign to them.

Contents:

Cover

Half-title

Title page

Imprints page

Table of Contents

List of Figures

List of Tables

Acknowledgments

A Note to the Reader

1 Introduction: Public Space and Urban Life

Urban Contexts and Spatial Mechanisms

Fieldwork Sites, Research Design, and Methods

The Narrative of the Book

2 The City: ''The Making of a Metropolis''

Urban Development in Tehran: Global and Regional Contexts

Tehran: The graphyGeography of Inequality

Shifting Social and Cultural Orders

3 The Market: Inequality and Spatial Patterns of Consumption

Moving across the City and Urban Experience

Inequality Reproduced: Uses of Space by Different Social Groups

Inequality Emplaced: Perceptions and Experiences of Inequality in Place

The Geography of Inequality and the Dilemma of Development

4 The Street: Noneconomic Inequalities and Navigating Space

The Cultural Is Political . . . and Unequal

Gendered Experiences in Place

Cultural Inequality and the Power of Space

5 The Vista: Spatial Boundaries, Self, and Others

''Who Are These People?'': Notions of ''Other'' and ''Otherness'' in Public Spaces

Spatial Transformations and the Redefinition of Boundaries: Reflections on Economy and Culture

Boundary Work and Locational Space

6 The Highway: ''A City of My Own''

My Beloved City: Tehran and Identification with the City

Symbolism and Perceptions of Place and Time

The City (Re)Discovered

7 Conclusion: Up in the Mountains, Back to the City

Appendices

Appendix I: Methodology

The Logic of the Site Selection

Research Design and Methods

Challenges, Adjustments, and Reflexivity

Appendix II: Overview of Research Sites

Site 1. Baam-e Tehran: Leisure Space in the North

Site 2. Ab-O-Atash Park and the Tabiat Bridge: Leisure Space in the North.

Site 3. Niavaran Cultural Center: Cultural Space in the North

Site 4. Tajrish Area: Commercial Space in the North

Site 5. Daneshjoo Park and Theatr-e Shahr: Leisure and Cultural Space in the Center

Site 6. Bazaar-e Bozorg: Commercial Space in the Centre

Site 7. Velayat Park and Kian Pardis: Leisure and Cultural Space in the South

Site 8. Hypersun Market: Commercial Space in the South

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 28 Jan 2025).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781009389044

1009389041

9781009389082

1009389084

9781009389099

1009389092