On the Plaza: The Politics of Public Space and Culture (Low Setha M.)(Paperback)

On the Plaza: The Politics of Public Space and Culture (Low Setha M.)(Paperback)

How culture acts to shape public spaces and how the physical form of the plaza encodes the social, political, and economic relations within the

The last Yugoslav generation: The rethinking of youth politics and cultures in late socialism (Spaskovska Ljubica)(Paperback)

The last Yugoslav Generation charts the development of youth culture and politics in socialist Yugoslavia, focusing on the

Minding the City: Field Notes on Neuroscience and the Poetics of Sustainable Public Space (Fraker Harrison)(Paperback)

This book calls attention to the public space of cities. It proposes that the environmental performance of public space is underdeveloped, and is primed to play a more integrated role in combatting the urgency of climate change, while also creating a more meaningful experience of the city. The

Public Places Urban Spaces: The Dimensions of Urban Design (Carmona Matthew)(Paperback)

Public Places Urban Spaces provides a comprehensive overview of the principles, theory, and practices of urban design for those new to the subject and for those requiring a clear and systematic guide. In this new edition the book has been extensively revised and re-structured. Carmona advances the

Toilet: Public Restrooms and the Politics of Sharing (Molotch Harvey)(Paperback)

View 'Public Restrooms' A Photo Gallery in The Atlantic Monthly.So much happens in the public toilet that we never talk about. Finding the right door, waiting in line, and using the facilities are often undertaken with trepidation. Don't touch anything. Try not to smell. Avoid eye contact. And for

The Everyday Practice of Public Art: Art, Space, and Social Inclusion (Cartiere Cameron)(Paperback)

The Everyday Practice of Public Art: Art, Space, and Social Inclusion is a multidisciplinary anthology of analyses exploring the expansion of contemporary public art issues beyond the built environment. It follows the highly successful publication The Practice of Public Art (eds. Cartiere and

Hong Kong, 2: Culture and the Politics of Disappearance (Abbas Ackbar)(Paperback)

A consideration of what the culture of Hong Kong tells us about the state of the world at the fin-de-siecle.'In a space of disappearance, in the unprecedented historical situation that Hong Kong finds itself in of being caught between two colonialities (Britain's and China's), there is a desperate

The Invisible Flneuse?: Gender, Public Space and Visual Culture in Nineteenth Century Paris (Meskimmon Marsha)(Paperback)

This collection of essays revisits gender and urban modernity in nineteenth-century Paris in the wake of changes to the fabric of the city and social life. In rethinking the figure of the fl�neur, the contributors apply the most current thinking in literature and urban studies to an examination

The Culture of Design (Julier Guy)(Paperback)

What is the social impact of design? How do culture and economics shape the objects and spaces we take for granted? How do design objects, designers, producers and consumers interrelate to create experience? How do new networks of communication and technology change the design process? Thoroughly

Space, Politics and Aesthetics (Dike Mustafa)(Paperback)

Focusing on the works of Hannah Arendt, Jean-Luc Nancy, and Jacques Ranci�re, Space, Politics and Aesthetics reveals the aesthetic premises that underlie their political thinking, and demonstrates how their conceptualisations of politics depend on the construction and apprehension of worlds

Politics of Public Space Volume 2 (Georgiou Myria)(Paperback / softback)

Contemporary Street Arts in Europe: Aesthetics and Politics (Haedicke S.)(Pevná vazba)

Street theatre invades a public space, shakes it up and disappears, but the memory of the disruption haunts the site for audiences who experience it. This book looks at how the dynamic interrelationship of performance, participant and place creates a politicized aesthetic of public space that

Unacknowledged Legislation - Writers in the Public Sphere (Hitchens Christopher)(Paperback / softback)

A celebration of writers and their encounters with politics and public life from one of our greatest

Participatory Culture in a Networked Era: A Conversation on Youth, Learning, Commerce, and Politics (Jenkins Henry)(Paperback)

In the last two decades, both the conception and the practice of participatory culture have been transformed by the new affordances enabled by digital, networked, and mobile technologies. This exciting new book explores that transformation by bringing together three leading figures in conversation

The Manson Secret (Levenda Peter)(Paperback)

The roots of coincidence and conspiracy in American politics, crime, and culture are investigated in this examination of the connections between religion, political conspiracy, and occultism. Readers are presented with detailed insight into how Charlie Manson became a national bogeyman as well as

The Nine (Levenda Peter)(Paperback)

The roots of coincidence and conspiracy in American politics, crime, and culture are examined in this first volume of a three-part set, exposing new connections between religion, political conspiracy, and occultism. Based on the premise that there is a satanic undercurrent to American affairs, this

The World of James Bond: The Lives and Times of 007, Updated Edition (Black Jeremy)(Paperback)

The most current and insightful look at the politics and culture of the Bond world as the last Daniel Craig movie hits theaters. This book presents an insightful and thoroughly entertaining exploration of the political context of the Bond books and films. Jeremy Black offers a historian's

Present Pasts: Urban Palimpsests and the Politics of Memory (Huyssen Andreas)(Paperback)

This book analyzes the relation of public memory to history, forgetting, and selective memory in three late-twentieth-century cities that have confronted major social or political traumas-Berlin, Buenos Aires, and New

The Fiery Angel: Art, Culture, Sex, Politics, and the Struggle for the Soul of the West (Walsh Michael)(Pevná vazba)

Without an understanding and appreciation of the culture we seek to preserve and protect, the defense of Western civilization is fundamentally futile; a culture that believes in nothing cannot defend itself, because it has nothing to defend. The past not only still has something to tell us, but it

The Rise of the Civilizational State (Coker Christopher)(Paperback)

In recent years culture has become the primary currency of politics - from the identity politics that characterized the 2016 American election to the pushback against Western universalism in much of the non-Western world. Much less noticed is the rise of a new political entity, the civilizational

The Sex Offender Register: Politics, Policy and Public Opinion (Thomas Terry)(Paperback)

The Sex Offender Register examines the origins, history, structure and legalities of the UK sex offender register, and explores how political and public opinion has influenced the direction the policy of registration has taken.Delving into the origins of the UK sex offender register and how the

Contemporary Publics: Shifting Boundaries in New Media, Technology and Culture (Marshall P. David)(Pevná vazba)

If the twentieth century has been dominated by discussions of the public, public life, and the public sphere, Contemporary Publics argues that, in the twenty-first century, we must complicate the singularity of that paradigm and start thinking of our world in terms of multiple, overlapping, and

Public City/Public Sex: Homosexuality, Prostitution, and Urban Culture in Nineteenth-Century Paris (Ross Andrew Israel)(Paperback)

In the 1800s, urban development efforts modernized Paris and encouraged the creation of brothels, boulevards, caf s, dancehalls, and even public urinals. However, complaints also arose regarding an apparent increase in public sexual activity, and the appearance of 'individuals of both sexes with

Essential Essays: Culture, Politics, and the Art of Poetry (Rich Adrienne)(Paperback)

Demonstrating the lasting brilliance of her voice and her prophetic vision, Essential Essays showcases Adrienne Rich's singular ability to unite the political, personal, and poetical. The essays selected here by feminist scholar Sandra M. Gilbert range from the 1960s to 2006, emphasizing Rich's