Culture and mobility

What connects the Baltimore Washington International Airport and South Korea's Songdo International Business District? What are the cultural narratives that unfold from their bold visions of mobility and of the city in transit and transition? Put another way, what are the relations between mode...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Benesch, Klaus, editor (editor)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Heidelberg, Germany : Universitätsverlag Winter GmbH 2013.
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection.
Publikationen der Bayerischen Amerika-Akademie ; Band 15.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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Sumario:What connects the Baltimore Washington International Airport and South Korea's Songdo International Business District? What are the cultural narratives that unfold from their bold visions of mobility and of the city in transit and transition? Put another way, what are the relations between modernity, mobile lifestyles, and urban spaces as we move deeper into what the French sociologist Marc Augé has called the age of 'supermodernity'? Perhaps more importantly, are there alternative ways of thinking about mobility and the future of society in a rapidly shrinking, globally interconnected and, at.
Descripción Física:1 recurso electrónico
Formato:Forma de acceso: World Wide Web.
ISBN:9783825373887