
City in Common
Culture and Community in Buenos Aires
James Scorer(Author)
State University of New York Press
Published on 2. January 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
248 pages
978-1-4384-6056-7 (ISBN)
Description
Addresses ways that cultural imaginaries point toward alternative urban futures.
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.
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.
Reviews / Votes
"...a wide-ranging yet tightly-focused study ... City in Common is elegantly written and accessible and is a hugely enjoyable and illuminating read." - Bulletin of Spanish StudiesMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Albany, NY
United States
Target group
US School Grade: College Graduate Student and over
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
4 Figures
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
408 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4384-6056-7 (9781438460567)
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Person
James Scorer is Lecturer in Latin American Cultural Studies at the University of Manchester, United Kingdom.
Content
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The City in Common
2. Dictatorship, Exclusion, and Remembering in Common
3. Surviving the City in Post-Dictatorship Argentine Comics
4. Neoliberal Urbanism: Anticommons in Common
5. Neighbors and Strangers in Gran Buenos Aires
6. Transforming the Commons, Recycling the City
7. Shantytowns: Beyond the Pale?
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Filmography
Index
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The City in Common
2. Dictatorship, Exclusion, and Remembering in Common
3. Surviving the City in Post-Dictatorship Argentine Comics
4. Neoliberal Urbanism: Anticommons in Common
5. Neighbors and Strangers in Gran Buenos Aires
6. Transforming the Commons, Recycling the City
7. Shantytowns: Beyond the Pale?
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Filmography
Index