Urban mindscapes of Europe / edited by Godela Weiss-Sussex with Franco Bianchini.
Urban mindscapes are structures of thinking about a city, built on conceptualisations of the city's physical landscape as well as on its image as transported through cultural representation, memory and imagination. This book pursues three main strands of inquiry in its exploration of these ...
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| Other Authors: | , |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam ; New York, NY :
Rodopi,
2006.
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| Series: | European studies (Amsterdam, Netherlands) ;
23. |
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| Summary: | Urban mindscapes are structures of thinking about a city, built on conceptualisations of the city's physical landscape as well as on its image as transported through cultural representation, memory and imagination. This book pursues three main strands of inquiry in its exploration of these 'landscapes of the mind' in a European context. The first strand concerns the theory and methodology of researching urban mindscapes and urban 'imaginaries'. The second strand investigates some of the representations, symbols and collective images that feed into our understanding of European cities. It discu. |
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| Item Description: | "This volume is based on papers presented at the 'Urban Mindscapes of Europe' conference held in Leicester on 29 April 2004"--Page 6. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (299 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781429456258 1429456256 9789401203623 9401203628 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |