Senses in Cities : Experiences of Urban Settings Paperback / softback
Edited by Kelvin Low, Devorah Kalekin-Fishman
Part of the Routledge Advances in Sociology series
Paperback / softback
Description
Urban landscapes are usually thought of first and foremost as engineered formations designed for functionality.
It is quite clear, however, that cities and towns are sites of social structure, scenes of diversity, and hotbeds of transgressions.
They are also sources of satisfying social relationships, settings for actions negotiated on an everyday basis, and opportunities for kinesthetic and aesthetic experiences.
Within these processes, the senses mediate engagement with the optimism of urban growth, the comfort of urban traditions, and a consciousness of the diverse relationships that embellish urban living, but also with the repellent sights and sounds that invade zones of comfort. This book examines how qualities of place and their sensuous reorganisation elucidate particular sociocultural expressions and practices in urban life.
The collection illuminates how urban environments are distinguished, valued, or reconfigured with the senses as media for evaluating authentic spaces and places that endure and change over time.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:236 pages, 4 Line drawings, black and white; 5 Halftones, black and white; 9 Illustrations, black an
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:21/03/2019
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- ISBN:9780367273019
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:236 pages, 4 Line drawings, black and white; 5 Halftones, black and white; 9 Illustrations, black an
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:21/03/2019
- Category:
- ISBN:9780367273019
