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Building the Body Politic - Power and Urban Space in Washington, D.C. (Hardcover)
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Building the Body Politic - Power and Urban Space in Washington, D.C. (Hardcover)
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Building the Body Politic demonstrates how the language of urban
planning shapes political imagination, and limits the possibilities
for change available to cities and citizens. The book represents
three key moments in Washington, D.C., planning history that offer
rich insight into changing ideas about cities, citizens, and
politics: alley and tenement reform and the Senate Park Commission
Plan for re-shaping the Washington Mall (1900); urban renewal and
the District of Columbia Redevelopment Act (1950-60); and the
implementation of a citywide surveillance system and the Monuments
and Memorials Master Plan (2001). Margaret Farrar expertly draws
from political theory, cultural geography, and urban studies in her
examination of the relationships among spaces, citizens, and power
in the context of planning Washington. In addition to the realities
of Washington's built environment, Farrar describes the role of a
capital city in a democracy. More than any other place, a principle
function of the architecture and design of a capital city is to
create citizens. In doing so, some groups and interests are
legitimized, while others are rendered irrational, illegitimate, or
often quite literally out of place. In carefully tracing shifting
urban planning vocabularies over the course of the twentieth
century, Farrar offers valuable insight into how power is conveyed,
deployed, consolidated, and negotiated through language.
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