Toward an Urban Cultural Studies [electronic resource] : Henri Lefebvre and the Humanities /
Fraser, Benjamin.author.
Toward an Urban Cultural Studies is a call for a new interdisciplinary area of research and teaching. Blending Urban Studies and Cultural Studies, this book grounds readers in the extensive theory of the prolific French philosopher Henri Lefebvre.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I Theoretical Ground; Chapter 1 Why Urban Cultural Studies? Why Henri Lefebvre?; Chapter 2 Urban Alienation and Cultural Studies: Henri Lefebvre's Recalibrated Marxism; Chapter 3 The Work (of Art): Putting Art at the Service of the Urban; Part II Textual Variations; Chapter 4 The Urban Dominant: Everyday Life and the City in Textual Criticism; Chapter 5 The Iconic-Indexical City: Visions of Place in Urban Films; Chapter 6 Listening to Urban Rhythms: Soundscapes in Popular Music
Chapter 7 Representing Digital Spaces: Videogames and the Digital HumanitiesConclusion; Notes; References; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Toward an Urban Cultural Studies is a call for a new interdisciplinary area of research and teaching. Blending Urban Studies and Cultural Studies, this book grounds readers in the extensive theory of the prolific French philosopher Henri Lefebvre.
Lefebvre, Henri, 1901-1991.
Culture—Study and teaching.
Ethnology—Latin America.
Civilization—History.
Cultural Theory.
Latino Culture.
Cultural History.