Circulation and the city essays on urban culture / edited by Alexandra Boutros and Will Straw.

Other author Straw, Will, 1954-
Other author Boutros, Alexandra, 1971-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoMontreal : McGill-Queen's University Press,
Descriptionvi, 306 p. ; 24 cm.
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Contents Introduction / Alexandra Boutros and Will Straw -- The mobile city. Language in the city, language of the city / Michael Darroch ; Telepathically urban / Jennifer Gabrys ; The imaginary of self-satisfaction : reflections on the platitude of the "creative city" / Alan Blum -- City Traffic. Absence, "removal," and everyday life in the diasporic city : anti-detention/deportation activism in Montreal / Jenny Burman ; The spirit of traffic : navigating faith in the city / Alexandra Boutros ; The ephemeral stage at Lionel Groulx Station / Amanda Boetzkes ; Cities of rhythm and revolution / tobias c. van Veen -- City circuits. Spectacles of waste / Will Straw ; Places of global shape : the world consumption in divided Berlin / Alexander Sedlmaier and Barthold Pelzer ; Modern heroics : the Flâneur in Adolfo Bioy Casares's El sueño de los héroes / Amanda Holmes ; Temple bar, density and circulation : the city as a terrain of many voices / Kieran Bonner
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [281]-302) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
LanguageIncludes some text in French and German.
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2010285790
ISBN9780773536647 (bound)
ISBN0773536647 (bound)
ISBN9780773536654 (pbk.)
ISBN0773536655 (pbk.)

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