Toward an Urban Cultural Studies: Henri Lefebvre and the Humanities

by Benjamin Fraser

Overview

Toward an Urban Cultural Studies is a call for a new interdisciplinary area of research and teaching. Blending Urban Studies and Cultural Studies, this book grounds readers in the extensive theory of the prolific French philosopher Henri Lefebvre.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349505241
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication date:	04/01/2015
Series:	Hispanic Urban Studies
Edition description:	1st ed. 2015
Pages:	277
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Benjamin Fraser is Professor and Chair of Foreign Languages and Literatures at East Carolina University, USA.

Table of Contents

Introduction PART I: THEORETICAL GROUND 1. Why Urban Cultural Studies? Why Henri Lefebvre? 2. Henri Lefebvre's Recalibrated Marxism: Urban Alienation and Cultural Studies 3. The Work (of Art): Putting Art at the Service of the Urban Part II: TEXTUAL VARIATIONS 4. The Urban Dominant: Everyday Life and the City in Textual Criticism 5. The Iconic-Indexical City:Visions of Place in Urban Films 6. Listening to Urban Rhythms:Soundscapes in Popular Music 7. Representing Digital Spaces: Videogames and the Digital Humanities Conclusion

Editorial Reviews

ian totality, Fraser skillfully makes the case that collaboration between social scientists and humanists holds the key to understanding our increasingly complex urban society." - Stephen Vilaseca, Associate Professor, Hispanic Studies, Northern Illinois University, USA

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