1st Edition

Race and Urban Space in American Culture

By Liam Kennedy Copyright 2000
192 Pages
by Routledge

300 Pages
by Routledge

This innovative study looks at the formation of ethnic and racial identities in relation to the development of urban culture. The concept of urban space provides the means of organization for comprehensive illustrations of a series of themes, including white paranoia and urban decline; imagined urban communities; urban crime and justice; the racialized underclass; globalization; and new... Read more
Introduction: The Miasma of Urbanisation, Postmodern Urbanism and the Crisis of Urbanity, Urban Space and Representation, 1. White Noise 2. Once Upon a Time in America 3. Between Pathology and Redemption 4. Spatial Justice Conclusion: Citizens and Strangers

Biography

Liam Kennedy