WALLS OF ALGIERS : NARRATIVES OF THE CITY THROUGH TEXT AND IMAGE
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- EAN: 9780295988689
- ISBN: 978-0-295-98868-9
- Editorial: UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON PRESS
- Año de la edición: 2010
- Encuadernación: Rústica
- Medidas: 18 X 26 cm.
- Páginas: 288
- Materias:
historia: arquitectura y arte
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"Walls of Algiers" examines the historical processes that transformed Ottoman Algiers, the 'Bulwark of Islam', into 'Alger la blanche', the colonial urban showpiece - and, after the outbreak of revolution in 1954 - counter-model of France's global empire. In this volume, the city of Algiers serves as a case study for the analysis of the proactive and reactive social, political, technical, and artistic forces that generate a city's form. Visual sources - prints, photographs, paintings, architectural drawings, urban designs, and film - are treated as primary evidence that complements and even challenges textual documents.
The contributors' wide-ranging but intersecting essays span the disciplines of art history, social and cultural history, urban studies, and film history. "Walls of Algiers" presents a multifaceted look at the social use of urban space in a North African city. Its contributors' innovative methodologies allow important insights into often overlooked aspects of life in a city whose name even today conjures up enchantment as well as incomprehensible violence.