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Title:

BECOMING PLACES
URBANISM / ARCHITECTURE / IDENTITY / POWER

By:

Kim Dovey

Format:

Paperback

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£45.99

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ISBN 10:

041541637X

ISBN 13:

9780415416375

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Publisher:

TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Pub. date:

14 July, 2009

Pages:

216

Description:

Deals with the practices and politics of place and identity formation - the slippery ways in which who we are becomes wrapped up with where we are. Drawing on the social theories of Deleuze and Bourdieu, this book analyzes the sense of place as socio-spatial assemblage and as embodied habitus, through a broad range of case studies.

Synopsis:

About the practices and politics of place and identity formation - the slippery ways in which who we are becomes wrapped up with where we are - this book exposes the relations of place to power. It links everyday aspects of place experience to the social theories of Deleuze and Bourdieu in a very readable manner. This is a book that takes the social critique of built form another step through detailed fieldwork and analysis in particular case studies. Through a broad range of case studies from nationalist monuments and new urbanist suburbs to urban laneways and avant garde interiors, questions are explored such as: What is neighborhood character? How do squatter settlements work and does it matter what they look like? Can architecture liberate? How do monuments and public spaces shape or stabilize national identity?

Illustrations:

39 black & white halftones, 17 black & white line drawings

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Imprint:

Routledge

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