Fragments of the city : making and remaking urban worlds / Colin McFarlane.

Main entry:

McFarlane, Colin, 1979- author.

Title & Author:

Fragments of the city : making and remaking urban worlds / Colin McFarlane.

Publication:

Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2021]

Description:

xx, 308 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Pursuing fragments -- Pulling together, falling apart -- Knowing fragments -- Writing in fragments -- Political framings -- Walking cities -- In completion.

Summary:

"Cities are becoming increasingly fragmented materially, socially, and spatially. Fragments of the City examines the fragments themselves, what they are and how they come to matter in the experience, politics, and expression of cities. How does the city appear when we look at it through its fragments? For those living on the economic margins, the city is often known as a set of fragments. Much of what low-income residents deal with on a daily basis is fragments of stuff, made and remade with and through urban density, social infrastructure, and political practice. From broken toilets to artistic output and forms, fragments are signatures of urban worlds and provocations for change. Fragments of the City considers infrastructure in Mumbai, Kampala, and Cape Town; artistic montages in Los Angeles and Dakar; refugee struggles in Berlin; and the repurposing of fragments in Hong Kong and New York. Fragments surface as material things, as forms of knowledge, as writing strategies. They are used in efforts to politicize the city and in urban writing to capture life and change in the world's major cities. Fragments of the City examines the role of fragments in how urban worlds are understood, revealed, and changed"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9780520382237 hardcover
0520382234 hardcover
9780520382244 paperback
0520382242 paperback
electronic book
9780520382251

Subject:

Cities and towns.
Cities and towns in literature.
Cities
Villes.
cities.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 315815
Call No.: 315815
Copy: 1
Status: Available

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