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Author Geyh, Paula.

Title Cities, citizens, and technologies : urban life and postmodernity / Paula Geyh.

Publication Info. New York, NY : Routledge, 2009.

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 248 pages) : illustrations.
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Series Routledge research in cultural and media studies ; 22
Routledge research in cultural and media studies ; 22.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Legible cities : urban signs and subjects -- Urban grids and urban imaginary : city to cyberspace, cyberspace to city -- The city of control and the polis -- City moves : urban spaces and motion -- Global cities and citizens.
Summary This book is an investigation of how contemporary?postmodern?cities and their inhabitants have been transformed by the forces of globalization and new information technologies. Drawing upon a wide range of discourses, from architectural theory and urban studies to psychoanalysis and Marxism, it explores this transformation through readings of contemporary literature, film, art, and real-world urban and cyber spaces.
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Subject Sociology, Urban.
Sociology, Urban.
City and town life.
City and town life.
Postmodernism -- Social aspects.
Postmodernism -- Social aspects.
Cities and towns.
Cities and towns.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Geyh, Paula. Cities, citizens, and technologies. New York, NY : Routledge, 2009 (DLC) 2008037545
ISBN 0415991722 (cloth)
9780415991728 (cloth)
9780203880470 (electronic book)
0203880471 (electronic book)
Standard No. 9786612084478