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Cities of Signs

Learning the Logic of Urban Spaces

Andrew T. Hickey (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

143 Seiten

2011 | New edition
Peter Lang Publishing Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4331-1119-8 (ISBN)

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Signs exist as fundamental markers of the urban landscape. Whether in the form of street signs offering directions, the airbrushed promises of advertising media or the vandalized détournements of street art, signs pervade urban spaces and provide a tangible ‘text’ upon which the logics of both cities and ourselves are written. Cities of Signs charts the way that signs exist as key elements of contemporary urban space, and explores what it means to live within these spaces, amongst cities of signs. This refreshing take on the way that urban space is lived and experienced is a timely contribution to the literature in urban studies, sociology and education alike. In decoding the cultural production at play in urban environments, Cities of Signs presents a dynamic approach to understanding how culture is produced and consumed within the cityscape.

Andrew T. Hickey is Senior Lecturer in Cultural Studies and Social Theory at the University of Southern Queensland, Australia. He is also the author of (Re)Presenting Education: Students, Teachers, Schools and the Public Imagination (with Jon Austin), a sociology of schooling and popular cultural representations of education.

Reihe/Serie	Minding the Media ; 5
Reihe/Serie	Minding the Media ; 5
Mitarbeit	Herausgeber (Serie): Shirley R. Steinberg, The Estate of Joseph Pepi Leistyna
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	150 x 225 mm
Gewicht	240 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Beruf / Finanzen / Recht / Wirtschaft ► Briefe / Präsentation / Rhetorik
	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Kommunikationswissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Empirische Sozialforschung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
Schlagworte	Cultural Studies • Media Studies • space • Urban ethnography • Urban sociology
ISBN-10	1-4331-1119-5 / 1433111195
ISBN-13	978-1-4331-1119-8 / 9781433111198
Zustand	Neuware