Literature and the Peripheral City
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Author
Publication
2015-05-27 - Palgrave Macmillan
Language
English
Word Count
61,000 words, Guess
Page Count
244 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL27977962M
- Internet Archiveliteratureperiph0000unse
- ISBN-101137492872
- ISBN-139781137492876
- Library of Congress Control Number2015001292
and 2 more
- OCLC Control Number903248029
- Better World Books9781137492876
Classifications
- LCCPN56.C55 L58 2015
- LCCGF125PN45-PN57HM623P
Description
Cities have always been defined by their centrality. But literature demonstrates that their diverse peripheries define them, too: from suburbs to slums, rubbish dumps to nightclubs and entire failed cities. The essays in this collection explore urban peripheries through readings of literature from four continents, taking the reader on a journey from global urban hubs such as London and New York to Nordic capitals and cities like Santiago and Johannesburg. The book shows powerfully that peripheral areas are essential to both urban fiction and the identities of cities. The urban experience keeps feeding on images from the margins and hinterlands, which help cities and their parts define themselves. Without peripheries there would be no centres.
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