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Istanbul, Open City - Exhibiting Anxieties of Urban Modernity (Paperback)
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Istanbul, Open City - Exhibiting Anxieties of Urban Modernity (Paperback)
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Urban theory traditionally links modernity to the city, to the
historical emergence of certain forms of subjectivity and the rise
of important developments in culture, arts and architecture. This
is often in response to technological, economic and societal
transformations in the nineteenth- and early twentieth-centuries in
select Euro-American metropolises. In contrast, non-Western cities
in the modern period are often considered through the lens of
Westernization and development. How do we account for urban
modernity in "other" cities? This book seeks to highlight cultural
creativity by examining the diverse and shifting ways Istanbulites
have defined themselves while they debate, imagine, build and
consume their city. It focuses on a series of exhibitionary sites,
from print press/photography, cinema/films, exhibitions of
architectural heritage, theme parks and museums, and explores the
links between these popular depictions through shared practices of
representation. In doing so it argues that understanding how the
future is imagined through images and interpretations of the past
can broaden current theoretical thinking about Istanbul and other
cities. In line with postcolonial calls for a comparative urbanism
that decouples understanding of the modern from its privileged
association with Western cities, this book offers a new perspective
on the lens of urban modernity. It will appeal to urban geographers
and historians, cultural studies scholars, art historians and
anthropologists as well as planners, architects and artists.
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