The Barcelona Reader : Cultural Readings of a City

Over The Last Twenty Years There Has Been A Growing International Interest In The City Of Barcelona. This Has Been Reflected In The Academic World Through A Series Of Studies, Courses, Seminars, And Publications. The Barcelona Reader Hinges Together A Selection Of The Best Academic Articles, Written In English, About The City, And Its Main Elements Of Identity And Interest: Art, Urban Planning, History And Social Movements. The Book Includes Scholarly Essays About Barcelona That Can Be Of Interest To The Student And The General Public Alike. It Focuses On Cultural Representations Of The City: The Arts (including Literature) Provide A Complex Yet Discontinuous Portrait Of The City, Similar To A Patchwork. The Authors Selected Create A Kaleidoscope Of Views And Voices Thus Presenting A Diverse Yet Inclusive Barcelona Portrait. The Barcelona Reader Offers A Multifaceted Assessment That Will Be Essential Reading For Anyone Interested In This Iconic City-- Back Cover. Introduction : Barcelona : Cultural Readings Of A City / Enric Bou And Jaume Subirana -- I. City, History, And Territory. Barcelona : The Siege City / Robert Davidson ; Barcelona As An Adaptive Ecology / Ferran Sagarra ; A Present Past, Barcelona Street Names, From Víctor Balaguer To Pasqual Maragall / Jaume Subirana ; 'the Asylum Of Modern Times' : Barcelona And Europe / Felipe Fernández-armesto ; A Fragile Country / Colm Tóibín -- Ii. City And Society. Barcelona And Modernity / Brad Epps ; Football And Identities In Catalonia / Alejandro Quiroga ; The Family And The City : Power And The Creation Of Cultural Imagery / Gary Wray Mcdonogh ; Memory And The City In Barcelona's Cemeteries / Elisa Martí-lópez -- Iii. Art, Architecture, And The City. Picasso Among His Fellows At 4 Gats : Beyond Modernisme? / Jordi Falgàs ; Gaudí : Poet Of Stone, Artistic Hedgehog / Marià Marín I Torné ; El Poble Espanyol = El Pueblo Español (1929) / Jordana Mendelson -- Iv. The Olympics And The City. Barcelona : Urban Identity 1992-2002 / Donald Mcneill ; From The Olympic Torch To The Universal Forum Of Cultures : The After-image Of Barcelona's Modernity / Joan Ramon Resina -- V. Literature, Cinema, And The City. La Gran Encisera : Three Odes To Barcelona, And A Film / Josep Miquel Sobrer ; The Deceptive Dame : Criminal Revelations Of The Catalan Capital / Stewart King ; A Biutiful City : Alejandro González Iñárritu's Filmic Critique Of The 'barcelona Model' / Benjamin Fraser. Edited By Enric Bou And Jaume Subirana. Includes Bibliographical References. Primarily In English, With Some Catalan And Spanish. Conté: Introduction: Barcelona: cultural readings of a city / Enric Bou and Jaume Subirana Barcelona: The siege city / Robert Davidson Barcelona as an adaptative ecology / Ferran Sagarra A present past, Barcelona streets names, from Víctor Balaguer to Pasqual Maragall / Jaume Subirana "The asylum of modern times": Barcelona and Europe / Felipe Fernández-Armesto A fragile country / Colm Tóibín Barcelona and modernity / Brad Epps Football and identities in Catalonia / Alejandro Quiroga The family and the city: power and the creation of cultural imagery / Gary Wray McDonogh Memory and the city in Barcelona's cemeteries / Elisa Martí López Picasso among his fellows at 4 Gats: Beyond Modernism? / Jordi Falgàs Gaudí: poet of stone, artistic hedgehog / Marià Marín y Torné El Poble Espanyol=El Pueblo Español / Jordana Mendelson Barcelona: Urban identity 1992-2002 / Donald McNeill From the Olympic torch to the Universal Forum of Cultures: The after-image of Barcelona's modernity / Joan Ramon Resina La Gran Encisera: Three odes to Barcelona, and a film / Josep Miquel Sobrer The deceptive dame: Criminal revelations of the Catalan capital / Stewart King A Biutiful city: Alejandro González Iñárritu's filmic critique of the "Barcelona Model" / Benjamin Fraser V. 1. Teoría De La Construcción De Las Ciudades -- V. 2. Teoría De La Viabilidad Urbana. Ildefonso Cerdá. First Work Originally Published: Barcelona, 1859. 2nd Work Originally Published: Madrid, 1861. Issued In A Case. Includes Indexes.