| Marxism and Urban Culture Contributor(s): Fraser, Benjamin (Editor), Roberts, Les (Contribution by), Compitello, Malcolm Alan (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 0739194488 ISBN-13: 9780739194485 Publisher: Lexington Books OUR PRICE: $56.42 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - Urban - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Communism, Post-communism & Socialism |
| Dewey: 307.76 |
| Physical Information: 0.64" H x 6" W x 9" (0.92 lbs) 282 pages |
| Themes: - Demographic Orientation - Urban |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Marxism and Urban Culture is the first volume to reconcile social science and humanities perspectives on culture. Covering a range of global cities-Bologna, Buenos Aires, Guatemala City, Liverpool, London, Los Angeles, Madrid, Mahalla al-Kubra, Mexico City, Montreal, Osaka, Strasbourg, Vienna-the contributions fuse political and theoretical concerns with analyses of urban cultural practices and historical movements, as well as urban-themed literary and filmic art. Conceived as a response to the persistent rift between disciplinary Marxist approaches to culture, this book prioritizes the urban problematic and builds implicitly and explicitly on work by numerous thinkers: not only Karl Marx but also David Harvey, Henri Lefebvre, Friedrich Engels and Antonio Gramsci, among others. Rather than reanimate reductive views either of Marx or of urban theory, the chapters in Marxism and Urban Culture speak broadly to the interdisciplinary connections that are increasingly the concern of cultural scholars working across and beyond the boundaries of geography, sociology, history, political science, language and literature fields, film studies, and more. A foreword written by Andy Merrifield (the author of Metromarxism) and an introduction by Benjamin Fraser (the author of Henri Lefebvre and the Spanish Urban Experience) situate the book's chapters firmly in interdisciplinary terrain. |
Contributor Bio(s): Roberts, Les: - Dr Les Roberts is Lecturer in Cultural and Media Studies at the University of Liverpool |