Fictions of the city
Subtitle: class, culture and mass housing in London and Paris
By: Matthew Taunton.
Series: Language, discourse, society
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780230579767
Subjects: Low-income housing -- England -- London -- History; Low-income housing -- France -- Paris -- History; Social conflict -- England -- London -- History; Social conflict -- France -- Paris -- History
Description: "Many studies of fictions of city life take the flneur as the characteristic metropolitan type and streets and plazas as definitive urban spaces. Looking at novels and films set in London and Paris from L'Assommoir to Nil By Mouth, this book shows that mass housing is equally central to images of the modern city"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: List of Illustrations * Acknowledgements * Introduction * Haussman's Paris and the Immeuble * The London Suburbs * The Rise of the Parisian Banlieue * The London Council Estate * Conclusion * Notes * Bibliography * Index List of Illustrations * Acknowledgements * Introduction * Haussman's Paris and the Immeuble * The London Suburbs * The Rise of the Parisian Banlieue * The London Council Estate * Conclusion * Notes * Bibliography * Index.