| Cities of Difference Contributor(s): Fincher, Ruth (Editor), Jacobs, Jane M. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1572303107 ISBN-13: 9781572303102 Publisher: Guilford Publications OUR PRICE: $39.90 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1998 Annotation: How can contemporary theories of difference enhance our understanding of traditional urban studies concerns such as housing, labor markets, and structures of state entitlement? What are the connections between urban space and identity politics? This provocative text provides fresh perspectives on the fragmented city within a cultural political economy framework. Contributors explore the role of race, ethnicity, class, gender and sexuality, able-bodiedness, and other axes of difference in the geography of postmodern cities. Using a range of cutting-edge theoretical and methodological approaches, the book probes the relationship of the broader realities of urban life--economic polarization, gentrification, and the proliferation of sites of consumption to the everyday life and political power of different communities. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Earth Sciences - Geography - Social Science | Human Geography - Social Science | Sociology - Urban |
| Dewey: 307.76 |
| LCCN: 98010765 |
| Lexile Measure: 1510 |
| Physical Information: 0.97" H x 6.03" W x 8.95" (1.08 lbs) 322 pages |
| Themes: - Demographic Orientation - Urban |
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| Publisher Description: How can contemporary theories of difference enhance our understanding of traditional urban studies concerns such as housing, labor markets, and structures of state entitlement? What are the connections between urban space and identity politics? This provocative text provides fresh perspectives on the fragmented city within a cultural political economy framework. Contributors explore the role of race, ethnicity, class, gender and sexuality, able-bodiedness, and other axes of difference in the geography of postmodern cities. Using a range of cutting-edge theoretical and methodological approaches, the book probes the relationship of the broader realities of urban life--economic polarization, gentrification, and the proliferation of sites of consumption to the everyday life and political power of different communities. |