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Cinematic Urbanism: A History of the Modern from Reel to Real book cover

1st Edition

Cinematic Urbanism A History of the Modern from Reel to Real

By Nezar AlSayyad Copyright 2006
272 Pages
by Routledge

270 Pages
by Routledge

The city and the cinema have become inextricably intertwined over the last century, with the identities of places becoming bound up in their cinematic portrayals. We have seen the landmarks of New York, London and Tokyo turn into iconic symbols of wealth, power, status, style and culture, and for the majority of people the images and sounds of movies form the only experience they will ever have... Read more

Introduction: The Cinematic City and the Quest for the Modern  1. Industrial Modernity: The Flâneur and the Tramp in the Early Twentieth Century  2. Urbanizing Modernity: The Traditional Cinematic Small Town  3. Orwellian Modernity: Utopia/Dystopia and the City of the Future Past  4. Cynical Modernity, or the Modernity of Cynicism  5. From Postmodern Condition to Cinematic City  6. Voyeuristic Modernity: The Lens, the Screen and the City  7. The City through Different Eyes: The Modernity of the Sophisticate and the Misfit  8. An Alternative Modernity: Race, Ethnicity and the Urban Experience  9. Exurban Postmodernity: Utopia, Simulacra and Hyper-Reality.  A Final Note

Biography

Nezar AlSayyad is Professor of Architecture, Planning and Urban History at the University of California at Berkeley. He is the Associate Dean for International Programs at the College of Environmental Design, and Chair of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Berkeley. Additionally, he is the Director of the International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments and principal editor of its journal, Traditional Dwellings and Settlements Review.

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