Fluid New York
Cosmopolitan Urbanism and the Green Imagination
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ISBN-13:
9780822354604
Veröffentl:
2013
Erscheinungsdatum:
02.07.2013
Seiten:
264
Autor:
May Joseph
Gewicht:
544 g
Format:
241x160x23 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
May Joseph is Professor of Social Science at the Pratt Institute, where she teaches urbanism, global studies, and visual culture. She is the founder of Harmattan Theater, which produces site-specific outdoor productions exploring the history of New York City through its architecture, design, and natural environment. Joseph is the author of Nomadic Identities: The Performance of Citizenship and a coeditor (with Jennifer Natalya Fink) of Performing Hybridity.
Illustrations viiAcknowledgments ixPreface xiPrologue 1Introduction 7Part I. Fluid Urbanism 191. Water Ecology, Island City 232. Transoceanic New York, City of Rivers 353. The Maritime Sky of Manhattan 554. Thinking Metropolitanism 70Part II. Cosmopolitan Frugality 935. Nomadic Urbanism and Frugality 956. Nyerere, the Dalai Lama, Gandhi: Cultures of Frugality 110Part III. Ecological Expressivity 1317. Greening Hardscape 1338. Marathon City, Biking Boroughs 151Part IV. Maritime Mentalities 1679. Brooklyn Carnival and the Sale of Dreamland 16910. Spirits of Necropolis, Planes on the Hudson 17911. Governors Island: Maritime Pasts, Ecological Futures 18912. After Hurricane Sandy 204Conclusion: Toward a Praxis of Cosmopolitan Citizenship 211Notes 213Bibliography 231Index 239
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