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This book demonstrates how city literature addresses questions of
possibility. In city literature, ideas of possibility emerge
primarily through two perspectives: texts may focus on what is
possible for cities, and they may present the urban environment as
a site of possibility for individuals or communities. The volume
combines reflections on urban possibility from a range of
geographical and cultural contexts-in addition to the
English-speaking world, individual chapters analyse possible cities
and possible urban lives in Turkey, Israel, Finland, Germany,
Russia and Sweden. Moreover, by engaging with issues such as city
planning, mass housing, gentrification, informal settlements and
translocal identities, the book shows imaginative literature at
work outlining what possibility means in cities.
Narratives, in the context of urban planning, matter profoundly.
Planning theory and practice have taken an increasing interest in
the role and power of narrative, and yet there is no comprehensive
study of how narrative, and concepts from narrative and literary
theory more broadly, can enrich planning and policy. The Narrative
Turn in Urban Planning addresses this gap by defining key concepts
such as story, narrative, and plot against a planning backdrop, and
by drawing up a functional typology of different planning
narratives. In two extended case studies from the planning of the
Helsinki waterfront, it applies the narrative concepts and theories
to a broad range of texts and practices, considering ways toward a
more conscious and contextualized future urban planning.
Questioning what is meant when we speak of narratives in urban
planning, and what typologies we can draw up, it presents a
threefold taxonomy of narratives within a planning framework. This
book will serve as an important reference text for upper-level
students and researchers interested in urban planning.
33 newly commissioned chapters provide an overview of the
fundamentals of literary urban studies, and a detailed outline of
new directions in the field. Covers all of the main theoretical
approaches to the field as well as key literary genres, with case
studies covering a range of different geographical, cultural, and
historical settings Ideal reference work for upper-level students
and researchers working on city literature
The Materiality of Literary Narratives in Urban History explores a
variety of geographical and cultural contexts to examine what
literary texts, grasped as material objects and reflections on
urban materialities, have to offer for urban history. The
contributing writers' approach to literary narratives and
materialities in urban history is summarised within the
conceptualisation 'materiality in/of literature': the way in which
literary narratives at once refer to the material world and
actively partake in the material construction of the world. This
book takes a geographically multipolar and multidisciplinary
approach to discuss cities in the UK, the US, India, South Africa,
Finland, and France whilst examining a wide range of textual genres
from the novel to cartoons, advertising copy, architecture and
urban planning, and archaeological writing. In the process,
attention is drawn to narrative complexities embedded within
literary fiction and to the dialogue between narratives and
historical change. The Materiality of Literary Narratives in Urban
History has three areas of focus: literary fiction as form of urban
materiality, literary narratives as social investigations of the
material city, and the narrating of silenced material lives as
witnessed in various narrative sources.
Narratives, in the context of urban planning, matter profoundly.
Planning theory and practice have taken an increasing interest in
the role and power of narrative, and yet there is no comprehensive
study of how narrative, and concepts from narrative and literary
theory more broadly, can enrich planning and policy. The Narrative
Turn in Urban Planning addresses this gap by defining key concepts
such as story, narrative, and plot against a planning backdrop, and
by drawing up a functional typology of different planning
narratives. In two extended case studies from the planning of the
Helsinki waterfront, it applies the narrative concepts and theories
to a broad range of texts and practices, considering ways toward a
more conscious and contextualized future urban planning.
Questioning what is meant when we speak of narratives in urban
planning, and what typologies we can draw up, it presents a
threefold taxonomy of narratives within a planning framework. This
book will serve as an important reference text for upper-level
students and researchers interested in urban planning.
This book brings together geographers and literary scholars in a
series of engagements near the boundaries of their disciplines. In
urban studies, disproportionate attention has been given to a small
set of privileged 'first' cities. This volume problematizes the
dominance of such alpha cities, offering a wide perspective on
'second cities' and their literature. The volume is divided into
three themed sections. 'In the Shadow of the Alpha City'
problematizes the image of cities defined by their function and
size, bringing out the contradictions and contestations inherent in
cultural productions of second cities, including Birmingham and
Bristol in the UK, Las Vegas in the USA, and Tartu in Estonia.
'Frontier Second Cities' pays attention to the multiple and
trans-national pasts of second cities which occupy border zones,
with a focus on Narva, in Estonia, and Turkish/Kurdish Diyarbakir.
The final section, 'The Diffuse Second City', examines networks the
diffuse secondary city made up of interlinked small cities,
suburban sprawl and urban overspill, with literary case studies
from Italy, Sweden, and Finland.
The Materiality of Literary Narratives in Urban History explores a
variety of geographical and cultural contexts to examine what
literary texts, grasped as material objects and reflections on
urban materialities, have to offer for urban history. The
contributing writers' approach to literary narratives and
materialities in urban history is summarised within the
conceptualisation 'materiality in/of literature': the way in which
literary narratives at once refer to the material world and
actively partake in the material construction of the world. This
book takes a geographically multipolar and multidisciplinary
approach to discuss cities in the UK, the US, India, South Africa,
Finland, and France whilst examining a wide range of textual genres
from the novel to cartoons, advertising copy, architecture and
urban planning, and archaeological writing. In the process,
attention is drawn to narrative complexities embedded within
literary fiction and to the dialogue between narratives and
historical change. The Materiality of Literary Narratives in Urban
History has three areas of focus: literary fiction as form of urban
materiality, literary narratives as social investigations of the
material city, and the narrating of silenced material lives as
witnessed in various narrative sources.
This book demonstrates how city literature addresses questions of
possibility. In city literature, ideas of possibility emerge
primarily through two perspectives: texts may focus on what is
possible for cities, and they may present the urban environment as
a site of possibility for individuals or communities. The volume
combines reflections on urban possibility from a range of
geographical and cultural contexts-in addition to the
English-speaking world, individual chapters analyse possible cities
and possible urban lives in Turkey, Israel, Finland, Germany,
Russia and Sweden. Moreover, by engaging with issues such as city
planning, mass housing, gentrification, informal settlements and
translocal identities, the book shows imaginative literature at
work outlining what possibility means in cities.
This book brings together geographers and literary scholars in a
series of engagements near the boundaries of their disciplines. In
urban studies, disproportionate attention has been given to a small
set of privileged 'first' cities. This volume problematizes the
dominance of such alpha cities, offering a wide perspective on
'second cities' and their literature. The volume is divided into
three themed sections. 'In the Shadow of the Alpha City'
problematizes the image of cities defined by their function and
size, bringing out the contradictions and contestations inherent in
cultural productions of second cities, including Birmingham and
Bristol in the UK, Las Vegas in the USA, and Tartu in Estonia.
'Frontier Second Cities' pays attention to the multiple and
trans-national pasts of second cities which occupy border zones,
with a focus on Narva, in Estonia, and Turkish/Kurdish Diyarbakir.
The final section, 'The Diffuse Second City', examines networks the
diffuse secondary city made up of interlinked small cities,
suburban sprawl and urban overspill, with literary case studies
from Italy, Sweden, and Finland.
Literary Helsinki: a city of leisure and light, divided along the
fault lines of gender, class and language; a dizzying and dazzling
threshold of modernity; alienating, mesmerising and endearing. This
first monograph to examine experiences of Helsinki in literature
written in Finnish shows that rich descriptions of urban life have
formed an integral part of Finnish literature from the late
nineteenth century onward. Based on an analysis of more than sixty
novels and collections of short stories, it tells the naturally
evolving story of how Helsinki was experienced in literature.
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