Modernity and Metropolis [electronic resource] : Writing, Film and Urban Formations / by P. Brooker.
Erişim Adresi
ISBN
9781403907097
Dil Kodu
İngilizce
Yer Numarası
DK/32555
Yazar
Basım Bildirimi
1st ed. 2002.
Yayın Bilgisi
London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2002.
Fiziksel Niteleme
IX, 230 p. online resource.
Özet, vb.
A study of urban identity and community looks at selected twentieth century literary and film texts in the context of theorizations of modernism, postmodernism, postcoloniality and globalization. Brooker draws on Beck and Giddens to propose a 'reflexive modernism' which rewrites and re-imagines the urban scene. The principal cities considered are London and New York, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Bangkok. Writers considered include Ezra Pound and T.S. Eliot, Langston Hughes, Hanif Kureishi, Iain Sinclair, Paul Auster, Sarah Schulman and William Gibson. Filmmakers include Patrick Keiller and Wong Kar-Wai.
Konu
Literature __ History and criticism.
Literature, Modern __ 20th century.
Motion pictures.
Television broadcasting.
Social sciences.
Literary History.
Twentieth-Century Literature.
Film and Television Studies.
Society.
Literature, Modern __ 20th century.
Motion pictures.
Television broadcasting.
Social sciences.
Literary History.
Twentieth-Century Literature.
Film and Television Studies.
Society.
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