Real cities [electronic resource] : modernity, space and the phantasmagorias of city life / Steve Pile.

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Pile, Steve, 1961-

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Sage eBooks

Publication details: London : SAGE, c2005.Description: 1 online resource (xi, 216 p.) : ill., portsISBN:

9781446220665 (ebook) :

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version :: No titleDDC classification:

307.76 23

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BF353.5.C53 P55 2005

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Summary: 'Real Cities' shows why it is necessary to take seriously the more imaginary and emotional aspects of city life. Drawing on the work of Walter Benjamin, Freud and Georg Simmel, it conducts an empirical investigation into the dreamlike and ghost-like experiences - phantasmagoria - of the city.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

'Real Cities' shows why it is necessary to take seriously the more imaginary and emotional aspects of city life. Drawing on the work of Walter Benjamin, Freud and Georg Simmel, it conducts an empirical investigation into the dreamlike and ghost-like experiences - phantasmagoria - of the city.

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