Hybrid urbanism on the identity discourse and the built environment
by
 
AlSayyad, Nezar.

Title
Hybrid urbanism on the identity discourse and the built environment

Author
AlSayyad, Nezar.

ISBN
9780313073397

Publication Information
Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2001.

Physical Description
1 online resource (xi, 258 p.) : ill., maps.

Contents
Hybrid culture/hybrid urbanism : Pandora's box of the "third place" / Cross-cultural currents : Swahili urbanism in the late Middle Ages / Orchestrating difference, performing identity : urban space and public rituals in nineteenth-century Izmir / California Chinatowns : built environments expressing the hybridized culture of Chinese Americans / A colonial portrait of Jerusalem : British architecture in mandate-era Palestine / Stages of globalization in the African context : Mombasa / Rethinking heritage politics in a global context : a view from Istanbul / Learning from Chinatown : the search for a modern Chinese architectural identity, 1911-1998 / Building culture in divided Berlin : globalization and the Cold War / Porous boundaries : fence patterns and Mexican-American identity in San Antonio, Texas / "The reverse of the world" : identity, space, and power

Abstract
Despite strong forces toward globalization, much of late 20th century urbanism demonstrates a movement toward cultural differentiation. Such factors as ethnicity and religious and cultural heritages have led to the concept of hybridity as a shaper of identity. Challenging the common assumption that hybrid peoples create hybrid places and hybrid places house hybrid people, this book suggests that hybrid environments do not always accommodate pluralistic tendencies or multicultural practices. In contrast to the standard position that hybrid space results from the merger of two cultures, the book.

Subject Term
Cities and towns.
 
Group identity.
 
Social Science.
 
Villes.
 
Identité collective.
 
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- Urban.
 
Internationalisatie.
 
Stadssociologie.
 
Stedelijke ontwikkeling.
 
Culturele verschillen.
 
Plurale samenleving.
 
Kulturelle Identität.
 
Urbanität.
 
Stadt.
 
Identität.

Genre
Electronic books.

Added Author
AlSayyad, Nezar.

Electronic Access
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LibraryMaterial TypeItem BarcodeShelf NumberStatus
IYTE LibraryE-Book303264-1001HT119 .H93 2001Online