Winner of the Association for Theatre in Higher Education Excellence in Editing Award 2016 Urban studies has long understood the city as a 'text'. What would it mean now to use performance to rethink that metaphor? Performance and the City queries the role theatre and performance play in urban policy, architecture, and civic history, while also exploring their important place in the memories created in the wake of urban trauma.

Frequently asked questions

Simply head over to the account section in settings and click on “Cancel Subscription” - it’s as simple as that. After you cancel, your membership will stay active for the remainder of the time you’ve paid for. Learn more here.

At the moment all of our mobile-responsive ePub books are available to download via the app. Most of our PDFs are also available to download and we're working on making the final remaining ones downloadable now. Learn more here.

Both plans give you full access to the library and all of Perlego’s features. The only differences are the price and subscription period: With the annual plan you’ll save around 30% compared to 12 months on the monthly plan.

We are an online textbook subscription service, where you can get access to an entire online library for less than the price of a single book per month. With over 1 million books across 1000+ topics, we’ve got you covered! Learn more here.

Look out for the read-aloud symbol on your next book to see if you can listen to it. The read-aloud tool reads text aloud for you, highlighting the text as it is being read. You can pause it, speed it up and slow it down. Learn more here.

Yes, you can access Performance and the City by Kim Solga, S. Orr, Kim Solga,S. Orr,Kenneth A. Loparo, Kim Solga, S. Orr, D.J. Hopkins in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Social Sciences & Gender Studies. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan

Year

2016

ISBN

9780230305212

Topic

Social Sciences

Subtopic

Gender Studies

Index

Social Sciences

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Notes on Contributors
Introduction: City/Text/Performance
Part I Pedestrianisms, or Remembering the City
Part II Urban Performance and Cultural Policy
Part III Performing (for) One Another: Constructing Communities
Part IV At the City Limits
Afterword: Performing the City – A Wonder Cabinet
Index