| City in Common: Culture and Community in Buenos Aires Contributor(s): Scorer, James (Author) |
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ISBN: 1438460570 ISBN-13: 9781438460574 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $90.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Latin America - South America - Social Science | Sociology - Urban - History | Modern - 20th Century |
| Dewey: 982.11 |
| LCCN: 2015020844 |
| Series: Suny Latin American and Iberian Thought and Culture |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.2" W x 9.2" (1 lbs) 248 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Latin America - Demographic Orientation - Urban - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this book James Scorer argues that culture remains a force for imagining inclusive urban futures based around what inhabitants of the city have in common. Using Buenos Aires as his case study, Scorer takes the urban commons to be those aspects of the city that are shared and used by its various communities. Exploring a hugely diverse set of works, including literature, film, and comics, and engaging with urban theory, political philosophy, and Latin American cultural studies, City in Common paints a portrait of the city caught between opposing forces. Scorer seeks out alternatives to the current trend in analysis of urban culture to read Buenos Aires purely through the lens of segregation, division, and enclosure. Instead, he argues that urban imaginaries can and often do offer visions of more open communities and more inclusive urban futures. |