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Space, the city and social theory : social relations and urban forms / Fran Tonkiss.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: Cambridge ; Malden, MA : Polity, 2005.Description: vi, 170 p. : ill., ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0745628257 (cased)
  • 0745628265 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 307.76 22
Contents:
Acknowledgements. Introduction. 1. Community and Solitude: Social Relations in the City. 2. Spaces of Difference and Division. 3. The Politics of Space: Social Movements and Public Space. 4. Capital and Culture: Gentrifying the City. 5. Embodied Spaces: Gender, Sexuality and the City. 6. Spatial Stories: Subjectivity in the City. 7. Making Space: Urban Cultures, Spatial Tactics. Conclusion. Bibliography. Index
Summary: Space, the City and Social Theory offers a clear and critical account of key approaches to cities and urban space within social theory and analysis.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Acknowledgements. Introduction. 1. Community and Solitude: Social Relations in the City. 2. Spaces of Difference and Division. 3. The Politics of Space: Social Movements and Public Space. 4. Capital and Culture: Gentrifying the City. 5. Embodied Spaces: Gender, Sexuality and the City. 6. Spatial Stories: Subjectivity in the City. 7. Making Space: Urban Cultures, Spatial Tactics. Conclusion. Bibliography. Index

Space, the City and Social Theory offers a clear and critical account of key approaches to cities and urban space within social theory and analysis.

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