ABSTRACT

A collection of the latest work on the city, presenting contemporary theories, methods and perspectives in an accessible format for upper-level undergraduates and postgraduates in geography, cultural studies and sociology.

chapter |17 pages

Capital Calcutta

Coins, maps, monuments, souvenirs and tourism

chapter |16 pages

Citing difference

Vagrancy, nomadism and the site of the colonial and post-colonial

chapter |13 pages

Denizens, citizens, tourists, and others

Marginality and mobility in the writings of James Kelman and Irvine Welsh *

chapter |18 pages

Suburban tales

Television, masculinity and textual geographies

chapter |14 pages

Dancing bodies in city settings

Construction of spaces and subjects

chapter |25 pages

‘Finding a place in the street’

CCTV surveillance and young people's use of urban public space

chapter |14 pages

Otherness and citizenship

Towards a politics of the plural community