02341nam a2200361 a 4500 ebr10537729 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 110921s2011 ne a sb 001 0 eng d 2012387559 9087281250 9789087281250 9789400600447 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)781378101 NA2500 .C58 2011eb Cities full of symbols [electronic resource] : a theory of urban space and culture / edited by Peter J.M. Nas. Leiden, The Netherlands : Leiden University Press, 2011. 303 p. : ill. 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. Cities are full of symbols that bear the meanings that together constitute urban culture. These interdisciplinary case studies, from Yogyakarta to Leiden and from Buenos Aires to New York, employ urban symbolism theory and a focus on such symbols as the city's layout, statues, street names and popular culture. This book examines design proposals that show symbolic handling of the 9/11 attack on New York, the disaster symbolism of the ship washed ashore by the tsunami in Banda Aceh, and the design of the symbol of the city of Cape Town derived from a remnant of Dutch colonial architecture, or the mass pilgrimage to Elvis's Graceland in Memphis. 'Cities Full of Symbols' develops urban symbolic ecology and hypercity approaches into a new perspective on social cohesion. Approaches of architects, anthropologists, sociologists, social geographers and historians converge to make this a book for anyone interested in urban life, policymaking and city branding.--Cover. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Symbolism in architecture. Architecture and society. Urban ecology (Sociology) Urban anthropology. City planning Social aspects. Electronic books. local Nas, P. ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10537729 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 245166 245166