The Resource Real cities : modernity, space, and the phantasmagorias of city life, Steve Pile
Real cities : modernity, space, and the phantasmagorias of city life, Steve Pile
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- Summary
- "What is real about city life? Real Cities shows why it is necessary to take seriously the more imaginary, fantastic and emotional aspects of city life. Drawing inspiration from the work of Walter Benjamin, Sigmund Freud and Georg Simmel, Pile explores the dream-like and ghost-like experiences of the city. Such experiences are, he argues, best described as phantasmagorias. The phantasmagorias of city life, though commonplace, are far from self-evident and little understood. This book is a path-breaking exploration of urban phantasmagorias, grounded empirically in a series of unusual and exciting case studies. In this study, four substantial phantasmagorias are identified: dreams, magic, vampires and ghosts. The investigation of each phantasmagoria is developed using a wide variety of clear examples. Thus, voodoo in New York and New Orleans shows how ideas about magic are forged within cities. Meanwhile vampires reveal how specific fears about sex and death are expressed within, and circulate between, cities such as London and Singapore. Taken together, such examples build a unique picture of the diverse roles of the imaginary, fantastic and the emotional in modern city life. What is "real" about the city has radical consequences for how we think about improving city life, for all too often these are over-looked in utopian schemes for the city. Real Cities forcefully argues that an appreciation of urban phantasmagorias must be central to what is considered real about city life." http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0657/2004099523-d.html
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xi, 216 pages)
- Contents
-
- Introduction
- The Dreaming City
- The Magic City
- The Vampiric City
- The Ghostly City
- Conclusion
- Isbn
- 9781281251206
- Label
- Real cities : modernity, space, and the phantasmagorias of city life
- Title
- Real cities
- Title remainder
- modernity, space, and the phantasmagorias of city life
- Statement of responsibility
- Steve Pile
- Subject
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- Architettura -- aspetti psicologici
- Bewustzijn
- City and town life -- Psychological aspects
- City and town life -- Psychological aspects
- Electronic books
- Espace personnel
- Personal space
- Personal space
- Privatsphäre
- Psychanalyse et géographie humaine
- Psychoanalysis and human geography
- Psychologie
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology | Urban
- Stadt : Kultur
- Stadtleben
- Stadtleben -- Psychologie
- Steden
- Verbeelding
- Vie urbaine -- Aspect psychologique
- Psychoanalysis and human geography
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "What is real about city life? Real Cities shows why it is necessary to take seriously the more imaginary, fantastic and emotional aspects of city life. Drawing inspiration from the work of Walter Benjamin, Sigmund Freud and Georg Simmel, Pile explores the dream-like and ghost-like experiences of the city. Such experiences are, he argues, best described as phantasmagorias. The phantasmagorias of city life, though commonplace, are far from self-evident and little understood. This book is a path-breaking exploration of urban phantasmagorias, grounded empirically in a series of unusual and exciting case studies. In this study, four substantial phantasmagorias are identified: dreams, magic, vampires and ghosts. The investigation of each phantasmagoria is developed using a wide variety of clear examples. Thus, voodoo in New York and New Orleans shows how ideas about magic are forged within cities. Meanwhile vampires reveal how specific fears about sex and death are expressed within, and circulate between, cities such as London and Singapore. Taken together, such examples build a unique picture of the diverse roles of the imaginary, fantastic and the emotional in modern city life. What is "real" about the city has radical consequences for how we think about improving city life, for all too often these are over-looked in utopian schemes for the city. Real Cities forcefully argues that an appreciation of urban phantasmagorias must be central to what is considered real about city life." http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0657/2004099523-d.html
- Cataloging source
- OCLCE
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1961-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Pile, Steve
- Dewey number
- 307.76
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- Language note
- English
- LC call number
- BF353.5.C53
- LC item number
- P55 2005
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- City and town life
- Psychoanalysis and human geography
- Personal space
- Vie urbaine
- Psychanalyse et géographie humaine
- Espace personnel
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- City and town life
- Personal space
- Psychoanalysis and human geography
- Stadtleben
- Psychologie
- Privatsphäre
- Steden
- Bewustzijn
- Verbeelding
- Stadtleben
- Architettura
- Stadt : Kultur
- Target audience
- specialized
- Label
- Real cities : modernity, space, and the phantasmagorias of city life, Steve Pile
- Antecedent source
- file reproduced from original
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-210) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction -- The Dreaming City -- The Magic City -- The Vampiric City -- The Ghostly City -- Conclusion
- Control code
- 654625088
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xi, 216 pages)
- File format
- one file format
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781281251206
- Lccn
- 2004099523
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations, map
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)654625088
- Label
- Real cities : modernity, space, and the phantasmagorias of city life, Steve Pile
- Antecedent source
- file reproduced from original
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-210) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction -- The Dreaming City -- The Magic City -- The Vampiric City -- The Ghostly City -- Conclusion
- Control code
- 654625088
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xi, 216 pages)
- File format
- one file format
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781281251206
- Lccn
- 2004099523
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations, map
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)654625088
Subject
- Architettura -- aspetti psicologici
- Bewustzijn
- City and town life -- Psychological aspects
- City and town life -- Psychological aspects
- Electronic books
- Espace personnel
- Personal space
- Personal space
- Privatsphäre
- Psychanalyse et géographie humaine
- Psychoanalysis and human geography
- Psychologie
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology | Urban
- Stadt : Kultur
- Stadtleben
- Stadtleben -- Psychologie
- Steden
- Verbeelding
- Vie urbaine -- Aspect psychologique
- Psychoanalysis and human geography
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