Urban mindscapes of Europe / / edited by Godela Weiss-Sussex with Franco Bianchini.

• Superior document: European studies : an interdisciplinary series in European culture, history and politics ; 23
• TeilnehmendeR: Weiss-Sussex, Godela.; Bianchini, Franco, 1959-
• Year of Publication: 2006
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: European studies (Amsterdam, Netherlands) ; 23.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (305 p.)
• Notes: "This volume is based on papers presented at the 'Urban Mindscapes of Europe' conference held in Leicester on 29 April 2004"--P. [6].

Urban mindscapes are structures of thinking about a city, built on conceptualisations of the city's physical landscape as well as on its image as transported through cultural representation, memory and imagination. This book pursues three main strands of inquiry in its exploration of these 'landscapes of the mind' in a European context. The first strand concerns the theory and methodology of researching urban mindscapes and urban 'imaginaries'. The second strand investigates some of the representations, symbols and collective images that feed into our understanding of European cities. It discusses representations of the city in literature, film, television and other cultural forms, which, in James Donald's phrase, constitute 'archives of urban images'. The third and last section of the volume concentrates on the relationship between the collective mindscapes of cities, urban policy and the practice of city marketing.

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