| Description |
1 online resource (239 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color). |
| Series |
Mainzer historische Kulturwissenschaften = Mainz historical cultural sciences ; volume 17 |
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Mainzer historische Kulturwissenschaften ; Bd. 17.
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| Note |
"The volume at hand is the outcome of a conference which was organised by the Research Unit Historical Cultural Sciences (Historische Kulturwissenschaften, HKW) of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz from March 30th until April 1st 2012"--Page 8. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Summary |
What do we know about the urban impoverished areas of the world and the living environment of its inhabitants? How did the urban poor cope with their surroundings? How did they interpret and adopt urban space in order to fight against their position at the periphery of society? This volume takes up these questions and investigates how far approaches of cultural sciences can contribute to overcome the 'exoticization of the ghetto' (Loïc Wacquant) and instead to look at the heterogeneity and individuality behind the facades. It opens new perspectives for the research of poverty and inequalities that do not stop at collective categories. |
| Contents |
A Janus-Faced Institution of Ethnoracial Closure : A Sociological Specification of the Ghetto / Loïc Wacquant -- The Subalterns Speak Out : Urban Plebeian Society in Late Imperial Russia / Ilya V. Gerasimov -- " ... not intended for the Rich" : Public Places as Points of Identification for the Urban Poor, St. Petersburg (1850-1914) / Hans-Christian Petersen -- Blood in the Air : Everyday Violence in the Experience of the Petersburg Poor, 1905-1917 / Mark D. Steinberg -- Outcast Vienna 1900 : The Politics of Transgression / Wolfgang Maderthaner -- Revisiting Campbell Bunk / Jerry White -- Creating the City of Delhi : Stories of Strong Women and Weak Walls / Sonja Wengoborski, Jaspal Naveel Singh -- Urban Meeting Locations of Nicaraguan Migrants in Costa Rica's Metropolitan Area and the Spatial Effects on their Social Support Networks / Hauke Jan Rolf -- Urban Poverty and Gentrification : A Comparative View on Different Areas in Hamburg / Ingrid Breckner -- Europe's only Megacity : Urban Growth, Migration and Gentrification in 21st Century Moscow / Julia Rötijer, Jan Kusber. |
| Language |
In English. |
| Subject |
Urban poor -- Congresses.
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Urban renewal -- Congresses.
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Urban poor. (OCoLC)fst01162512
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Urban renewal. (OCoLC)fst01162536
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings. (OCoLC)fst01423772
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Added Author |
Petersen, Hans-Christian, 1972- editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9783837624731 |
| ISBN |
1306995892 (electronic bk.) |
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9781306995894 (electronic bk.) |
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9783839424735 (electronic bk.) |
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3839424739 (electronic bk.) |
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3839424739 |
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3837624730 |
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9783837624731 |
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