"This is an important book. In a whole series of ways this study of
contemporary Naples will set a bench-mark for urban studies and the
way urban history is carried out. It is a book about Naples and
thus about the particularities and peculiarities of that specific
city. However, this is also a book which goes way beyond Naples
itself. It has a lot to tell us about the way the city can and
should be studied - about urban studies methodologies - and in this
area it is highly original and in some ways sets a new agenda for
other researchers, historians, anthropologists, ethnologists, and
those using cultural studies approaches." John Foot, University
College London
"This is one of the best books I have read: beautifully written
and extremely well researched (a refreshing mix of archival
research and participant observation) and superbly theorized, with
an impressive knowledge of the range of urban theory, as well as
meticulous historical contextualization." Jo Labanyi, New York
University
.".. A]n interesting and readable text. It is scholarly,
ambitious in scope and well written." Victoria Goddard, Goldsmiths,
University of London
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 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.
Nick Dines lived and worked in Naples for seven years. Formerly
a research associate in the Department of Geography at King's
College London, he currently lives in Rome, where he holds teaching
positions in urban anthropology and social history at a number of
Italian and U.S. universities.
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