Performing cities
By: edited by Nicolas Whybrow
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9781137032522
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Theaters; Stage-setting and scenery; Philosophy; Place (Philosophy) in literature; Cities and towns in literature
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Writing Performing cities : an introduction / Nicolas Whybrow; title: Performing Palermo : protests against forgetting / David Williams; title: Sprawled, distracted and trembling : performing LA / Sue-Ellen Case; title: Performing Paris : an ecography of meridians and atmospheres / Carl Lavery; title: Performing Chicago : seven demolitions / Matthew Goulish; title: Performing Cape Town : an epidemiological study in three acts / Mark Fleishman and Jay Pather; title: Performing Cardiff : six approaches to a city and its performance pasts / Mike Pearson and Heike Roms; title: Performing Sydney : inhabiting the edge / Gay McAuley; title: Performing Toronto : enacting creative labour in the neoliberal city / Laura Levin; title: Performing Singapore : city/state / Paul Rae; title: Performing Belgrade : itineraries of belonging / Silvija Jestrović; title: Performing Jerusalem : religious, historical, ideological and political scenarios, and some personal one / Freddie Rokem; title: Performing Bogotá : memories of an urban bombing / María Estrada-Fuentes.