Fictions of the city class, culture and mass housing in London and Paris

Machine generated contents note: List of Illustrations * Acknowledgements * Introduction * Haussman's Paris and the Immeuble * The London Suburbs * The Rise of the Parisian Banlieue * The London Council Estate * Conclusion * Notes * Bibliography * Index List of Illustrations * Acknowledgements...

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1. Verfasser: Taunton, Matthew (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Basingstoke u.a. Palgrave Macmillan 2009
Ausgabe:1. publ.
Schriftenreihe:Language, discourse, society
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Zusammenfassung:Machine generated contents note: List of Illustrations * Acknowledgements * Introduction * Haussman's Paris and the Immeuble * The London Suburbs * The Rise of the Parisian Banlieue * The London Council Estate * Conclusion * Notes * Bibliography * Index List of Illustrations * Acknowledgements * Introduction * Haussman's Paris and the Immeuble * The London Suburbs * The Rise of the Parisian Banlieue * The London Council Estate * Conclusion * Notes * Bibliography * Index
"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"--Provided by publisher
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:VI, 204 S.
23 cm
ISBN:0230579760
0-230-57976-0
9780230579767
978-0-230-57976-7