| Fictions of the City: Class, Culture and Mass Housing in London and Paris 2009 Edition Contributor(s): Taunton, Matthew (Author) |
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ISBN: 0230579760 ISBN-13: 9780230579767 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2009 Annotation: Many studies of fictions of city life take the "flneur "as the characteristic metropolitan type and streets and plazas as definitive urban spaces. Looking at novels and films set in London and Paris from "L'Assommoir" to "Nil By Mouth," this book shows that mass housing is equally central to images of the modern city. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Film - History & Criticism - History | Europe - Great Britain - General - History | Europe - France |
| Dewey: 363.509 |
| LCCN: 2009043404 |
| Series: Language, Discourse, Society (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.6" W x 8.5" (0.90 lbs) 204 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Cultural Region - French |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Many studies of fictions of city life take the fl neur as the characteristic metropolitan type and streets and plazas as definitive urban spaces. Looking at novels and films set in London and Paris from L'Assommoir to Nil By Mouth, this book shows that mass housing is equally central to images of the modern city. |