Performance and the Contemporary City: An Interdisciplinary Reader, 1st Edition

Cities, with their rising populations and complex configurations, have become key symbols of a fast-changing modernity. This timely collection gathers together various urban writings from a range of relevant disciplines, including architecture, geography, sociology, visual art, ethnography and psychoanalysis. Its focus, however, is performance. Underscoring the importance of the field, it shows how performance functions as a dynamic, interdisciplinary mechanism which is central not only to understanding the multiplicity of urban living but also to the way the identities of cities are shaped. Gathering together key writings on the city and performance by authors ranging from Walter Benjamin to Tim Etchells to Carl Lavery, the reader can be navigated in any number of ways. Supported by extensive introductory material, it will be essential and evocative reading for anyone interested in making connections between performance and urban life.\nPerformance and the Contemporary City: An Interdisciplinary Reader 1st Edition is written by Nicolas Whybrow and published by Red Globe Press. ISBNs for Performance and the Contemporary City are 9781137120069, 1137120061 and the print ISBNs are 9780230527195, 0230527191. Additional ISBNs include 9780230527201.