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Author Fraser, Benjamin.

Title Henri Lefebvre and the Spanish Urban Experience : Reading the Mobile City.

Publication Info. Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group, 2011.

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Description 1 online resource (252 pages)
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Contents Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1: The Birth of the Modern Urban Critic; Chapter 2: The Living City; Chapter 3: Traversing the City; Chapter 4: Visualizing the Mediterranean; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author.
Summary An important contribution to the still evolving field of 'urban cultural studies, ' Henri Lefebvre and the Spanish Urban Experience is the first book to thoroughly apply the French urban philosopher's thoughts on cities to the culture and literatureof Spain. Fraser shows how Lefebvre's complex view of the city as a mobile phenomenon is relevant to understanding a variety of Spanish cultural products--from urban plans and short writings on the urban experience during the ninetheenth century by MarianoJosé de Larra, Ramón de Mesonero Ramanos, and Ildefons Cerdà to urban theories, cultural practice.
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Subject Lefebvre, Henri, 1901-1991 -- Influence.
Lefebvre, Henri, 1901-1991.
Lefebvre, Henri, 1901-1991.
Spanish literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
Spanish literature.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Cities and towns in literature.
Cities and towns in literature.
City and town life in literature.
City and town life in literature.
City and town life -- Spain.
City and town life.
Spain.
Sociology, Urban -- Spain.
Sociology, Urban.
Spain -- Civilization -- French influences.
Civilization.
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Other Form: Print version: Fraser, Benjamin. Henri Lefebvre and the Spanish Urban Experience : Reading the Mobile City. Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., ©2011 9781611483680
ISBN 9781611483697 (electronic book)
1611483697 (electronic book)