A Companion to the City (Blackwell Companions to Geography)

At the start of the new millennium cities are firmly back on the agenda. Cities are the sites of complex global/local interconnections producing a multiplicity of social, cultural, political and economic spaces and forms. It is no longer possible, if it ever was, to look at the city from one perspective. A Companion to the City sets out to think about cities in more textured ways and brings together scholars from a range of fields to create a multidisciplinary approach to the city. Academics from disciplines as diverse as film studies and economics, philosophy and geography, turn their attention to the city and generate exciting new ways of thinking. This Companion provides the reader with an indispensable and authoritative overview of the key debates, controversies, and questions concerning the city from a variety of theoretical vantage points with an international perspective. It can be used as as stand-alone text or in conjunction with The Blackwell City Reader (2002), compiled by the same editors. A Companion To The City Sets Out To Think About Cities In More Textured Ways And Brings Together Scholars From A Range Of Fields To Create A Multidisciplinary Approach To Cities. Academics From Disciplines As Diverse As Film Studies And Economics, Philosophy And Geography, Turn Their Attention To The City And Generate Exciting New Ways Of Thinking. This Companion Provides The Reader With An Indispensable And Authoritative Overview Of The Key Debates, Controversies, And Questions Concerning The City From A Variety Of Theoretical Vantage Points With An International Perspective.--jacket. Pt. I. Imaging Cities. 1. City Imaginaries / Gary Bridge And Sophie Watson. 2. Three Urban Discourses / John Rennie Short. 3. Putting Cities First: Remapping The Origins Of Urbanism / Edward W. Soja. 4. Photourbanism: Planning The City From Above And From Below / Anthony Vidler. 5. The Immaterial City: Representation, Imagination, And Media Technologies / James Donald. 6. Imagining Naples: The Senses Of The City / Lesley Caldwell. 7. The City As Imperial Centre: Imagining London In Two Caribbean Novels / Riad Akbur. 8. Sleepwalking In The Modern City: Walter Benjamin And Sigmund Freud In The World Of Dreams / Steve Pile. Edited By Gary Bridge And Sophie Watson. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.

at The Start Of The New Millennium Cities Are Firmly Back On The Agenda. Cities Are The Sites Of Complex Global/local Interconnections Producing A Multiplicity Of Social, Cultural, Political And Economic Spaces And Forms. It Is No Longer Possible, If It Ever Was, To Look At The City From One Perspective. a Companion To The City Sets Out To Think About Cities In More Textured Ways And Brings Together Scholars From A Range Of Fields To Create A Multidisciplinary Approach To The City. Academics From Disciplines As Diverse As Film Studies And Economics, Philosophy And Geography, Turn Their Attention To The City And Generate Exciting New Ways Of Thinking.

this companion Provides The Reader With An Indispensable And Authoritative Overview Of The Key Debates, Controversies, And Questions Concerning The City From A Variety Of Theoretical Vantage Points With An International Perspective.

Companion to the City provides an authoritative view of the major issues in the field of urban studies. It outlines established approaches to understanding the urban condition and presents an introduction to contemporary thinking and debate.The Companion is multidisciplinary and includes contributions from significant writers from a diversity of disciplines, locations, and traditions. This book provides the reader with not only a definition of the field of urban studies, but also an indispensable overview of all the key debates, controversies, and questions from a variety of historical and theoretical vantage points. This Companion contains commissioned pieces from a deliberately broad range of established academics and new researchers. There are considerable attempts to include both western and non-western perspectives as well as more traditional established approaches and contemporary theorizations of the city. In combination with The Blackwell City Reader (2002) the full range of approaches to the city and key contributors to the field are covered. A Companion to the City provides the reader with an indispensable and authoritative overview of the key debates, controversies, and questions concerning the city from a variety of theoretical vantage points with an international perspective.:.; Indispensable companion for students of the City.; Multidisciplinary approach of interest across several fields.; Includes contributions from major scholars in the field This companion sets out to think about cities in more textured ways and brings together scholars from a range of different fields to create a multidisciplinary approach to cities Cities are not simply material or lived spaces - they are also spaces of the imagination and spaces of representation.