Urban Confrontations in Literature and Social Science, 1848-2001
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Urban Confrontations in Literature and Social Science, 1848-2001
European Contexts, American Evolutions
Ahearn, Edward J.
Taylor & Francis Ltd
01/2010
248
Dura
Inglês
9780754668824
15 a 20 dias
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Contents: Introduction: breaking the glass; Part I The Heroism of Modern Life? Baudelaire, Brecht and the Founders of Urban Sociology: City visions of the poet and social scientist; 'Let's beat up the poor!' Baudelaire on urban conflict and the failure of policy; In the jungle of Brecht's cities. Part II Chicago Black and White: Immigration and Race in Native Son and The Adventures of Augie March: Introduction to Part II; The native son we didn't (and still don't) want to see; Augie's immigrant adventures. Part III Power, Governance and the Struggle for Human Realization: Bureaucracy and the lone city dweller: James Q. Wilson - and Michel Foucault - meet Bartleby; Jazz and The Power Broker: urban tycoon versus the real lives of ordinary Black people; Immigrant women writing against the urban regime: The House on Mango Street and Bone; Epilogue: DeLillo's global city; Bibliography; Index.
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augie;march;native;son;dark;age;ahead;delillos;cosmopolis;saskia;Le Spleen De Paris;III's Paris;AC Electrical Grid;International Monetary Fund;Superb;Triborough Bridge;Le Mauvais Vitrier;DeLillo's Cosmopolis;Augie March;Bad Glazier;Dense;Young Man;Morrison's Jazz;Native Son;Balzac;Golden Gray;Bartleby's Refusal;Eric Packer;Wirth's Essay;Girl Friend;Dead Letter Office;Melville's Story;Prose Poem;Le Colonel Chabert;La Belle
Contents: Introduction: breaking the glass; Part I The Heroism of Modern Life? Baudelaire, Brecht and the Founders of Urban Sociology: City visions of the poet and social scientist; 'Let's beat up the poor!' Baudelaire on urban conflict and the failure of policy; In the jungle of Brecht's cities. Part II Chicago Black and White: Immigration and Race in Native Son and The Adventures of Augie March: Introduction to Part II; The native son we didn't (and still don't) want to see; Augie's immigrant adventures. Part III Power, Governance and the Struggle for Human Realization: Bureaucracy and the lone city dweller: James Q. Wilson - and Michel Foucault - meet Bartleby; Jazz and The Power Broker: urban tycoon versus the real lives of ordinary Black people; Immigrant women writing against the urban regime: The House on Mango Street and Bone; Epilogue: DeLillo's global city; Bibliography; Index.
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augie;march;native;son;dark;age;ahead;delillos;cosmopolis;saskia;Le Spleen De Paris;III's Paris;AC Electrical Grid;International Monetary Fund;Superb;Triborough Bridge;Le Mauvais Vitrier;DeLillo's Cosmopolis;Augie March;Bad Glazier;Dense;Young Man;Morrison's Jazz;Native Son;Balzac;Golden Gray;Bartleby's Refusal;Eric Packer;Wirth's Essay;Girl Friend;Dead Letter Office;Melville's Story;Prose Poem;Le Colonel Chabert;La Belle
