Inert cities : globalization, mobility and suspension in visual culture /: globalization, mobility and suspension in visual culture. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Stephanie Hemelryk Donald and Christoph Lindner.
• Editors: Donald, Stephanie, 1961-; Lindner, Christoph, 1971-
• Contents: About the Author; Bookreview; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; 1 Inertia, Suspension and Mobility in the Global City; Part 1 Stillness; 2 On Hold: Urban Photography as Interruption; 3 At the Still Point of the Turning World: The Power of the Urban Portrait; 4 Parkour and the Still Image; 5 Commuting and the Multiple Capacities of Stillness; Part 2 Deceleration; 6 Decelerating Amsterdam: Visual Culture, Globalization and Creative Urbanism; 7 Viennese Inertia: Cultural and Political Deceleration and Local Identity Construction 8 Inertia and Ethical Urban Relations: The Living, the Dying and the DeadPart 3 Slow Motion; 9 Urban Inertia and Dealing with the Disappeared in Postwar Beirut: A Perfect Day (2004) and Here Comes the Rain (2010); 10 Reflexive Stasis, Scale Reversal and the Myth of Modern Cinema; 11 Slow Motion Pictures: Casting Inertia in Contemporary Berlin Film; Bibliography
• Publisher Details: London : I.B. Tauris
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource (xv, 240 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 307.7601; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban; Cities and towns -- Philosophy; Cities and towns -- Philosophy; Cities and towns -- Philosophy; Cities and towns -- Social aspects; City planning; Communities; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780857736123; 0857736124
• Related ISBNs: 9781780769721; 1780769725; 1780769733; 9781780769738
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.