New York in cinematic imagination the agitated city / Vojislava Filipcevic Cordes.
| Author/creator | Cordes, Vojislava Filipcevic |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London ; New York : Routledge, 2020. |
| Description | 1 online resource |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks |
| Subjects |
| Series | Routledge research in planning and urban design |
| Contents | New York's Agitated Urban Modernity -- The City in Motion -- Urban Planning and Democratic Aesthetics -- In the Streets of Harlem -- The Agitated City -- Agitation Implodes -- Coda: Of Urban Remains. |
| Abstract | "New York in Cinematic Imagination is an interdisciplinary study into urbanism and cinematic representations of the American metropolis in the twentieth century. It contextualises spatial transformations and discourse about New York during the Great Depression and the Second World War, examining both imaginary narratives and documentary images of the city in film. The book argues that alternating endorsements and critiques of the 1920s machine age city are replaced in films of the thirties and forties by a new critical theory of 'agitated urban modernity' articulated against the backdrop of turbulent economic and social settings and the initial practices of urban renewal in the post-war period. Written for postgraduates and researchers in the fields of film, history and urban studies, with 40 black and white illustrations to work alongside the text, this book is an engaging study into cinematic representations of New York city"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Cordes, Vojislava Filipcevic. New York in cinematic imagination London ; New York : Routledge, 2020. 9780367247560 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2020008946 |
| ISBN | 9781000090499 (epub) |
| ISBN | 9780429284205 (ebook) |
| ISBN | (hardback) |