Zones of Tradition - Places of Identity : : Cities and Their Heritage / / Gerhard Vinken.

• Funder: Universtität Bamberg
• VerfasserIn: Vinken, Gerhard,
• Author: Universtität Bamberg
• Place / Publishing House: Bielefeld : : transcript Verlag, , [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: Urban Studies
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (324 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Setting the Framework --; 1 The Heritage of Cities --; 2 The Crises of the Modern City --; 3 The Distinctiveness of Cities --; 4 The Spaces of the Monument --; Zoning the City. Heritage and Modernity --; 5 Tashkent / Uzbekistan --; 6 Basel / Switzerland --; 7 New York / USA --; 8 Düsseldorf / Germany --; Doing Tradition. Heritage Politics and Identity-Building --; 9 Cologne / Germany --; 10 Berlin / Germany --; 11 Palermo / Italy --; 12 Frankfurt / Germany --; Reclaiming Heritage. Conflict, Contestation, Canonization --; 13 Palermo / Italy --; 14 New York / USA --; 15 Salvador da Bahia / Brazil --; 16 New Orleans / USA --; References --; Illustration Credits --; Acknowledgments
• ISBN: 3839454468
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Gerhard Vinken.

What is the heritage of our cities? Which are the monuments, places, and spaces in which it accumulates, and by which practices is it formed, handed down, appropriated? Gerhard Vinken takes the readers to twelve cities on three continents and analyses the diverse and contradictory heritage formations that have had a lasting impact on urban life. The vitality of urban heritage, as these vivid and in-depth case studies show, lies in the dynamic and often conflictual processes of social appropriation and interpretation. Covering a diverse range of themes, the book familiarizes the reader with important questions and theories in urban research and heritage studies.