Tuff City: Urban Change and Contested Space in Central Naples (Remapping Cultural History)

Dines, Nick

ISBN 10: 0857452797 / ISBN 13: 9780857452795

Editore: Berghahn Books, 2012

During the 1990s, Naples' left-wing administration sought to tackle the city's infamous reputation of being poor, crime-ridden, chaotic and dirty by reclaiming the city's cultural and architectural heritage. This book examines the conflicts surrounding the reimaging and reordering of the city's historic center through detailed case studies. Series: Remapping Cultural History. Num Pages: 364 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; JFSG; RPC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 243 x 185 x 24. Weight in Grams: 622. Urban Change and Contested Space in Central Naples. Series: Remapping Cultural History. 364 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. During the 1990s, Naples' left-wing administration sought to tackle the city's infamous reputation of being poor, crime-ridden, chaotic and dirty by reclaiming the city's cultural and architectural heritage. This book examines the conflicts surrounding the reimaging and reordering of the city's historic center through detailed case studies. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1DST; JFSG; RPC. Dimension: 243 x 185 x 24. Weight: 622. . 2012. Hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. Codice articolo V9780857452795

Riassunto:

During the 1990s, Naples’ left-wing administration sought to tackle the city’s infamous reputation of being poor, crime-ridden, chaotic and dirty by reclaiming the city’s cultural and architectural heritage. This book examines the conflicts surrounding the reimaging and reordering of the city’s historic centre through detailed case studies of two piazzas and a centro sociale, focusing on a series of issues that include heritage, decorum, security, pedestrianization, tourism, immigration and new forms of urban protest. This monograph is the first in-depth study of the complex transformations of one of Europe’s most fascinating and misunderstood cities. It represents a new critical approach to the questions of public space, citizenship and urban regeneration as well as a broader methodological critique of how we write about contemporary cities.

Informazioni sugli autori:

Nick Dines lived and worked in Naples for seven years. He is research fellow in Sociology at Middlesex University, London.

Nick Dines lived and worked in Naples for seven years. He is research fellow in Sociology at Middlesex University, London.

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Titolo: Tuff City: Urban Change and Contested Space ...
Casa editrice: Berghahn Books
Data di pubblicazione: 2012
Legatura: Rilegato
Condizione: New