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ISBN-13
9781138676404
Book Title
The Nocturnal City
ISBN
9781138676404
Publication Name
Nocturnal City
Item Length
9.2in
Publisher
Routledge
Publication Year
2018
Series
Routledge Research in Culture, Space and Identity Ser.
Type
Textbook
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Item Height
0.5in
Author
Robert Shaw
Item Width
6.1in
Item Weight
11.2 Oz
Number of Pages
126 Pages

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Night is a foundational element of human and animal life on earth, but its interaction with the social world has undergone significant transformations during the era of globalization. As the economic activity of the 'daytime' city has advanced into the night, other uses of the night as a time for play, for sleep or for escaping oppression have come increasingly under threat. This book looks at the relationship between night and society in contemporary cities. It identifies that while theories of 'planetary urbanization' have traced the spatial spread of urban forms, the temporal expansion of urban capitalism has been less well mapped. It argues that, as a key part of planetary being, understanding what goes on at night in cities can add nuance to debates on planetary urbanization. A series of practices and spaces that we encounter in the night-time city are explored. These include: the maintenance and repair of infrastructure; the aesthetics of the urban night; nightlife and the night-time economy; the home at night; and the ecologies of the urban night. Taking these forward the book will ask whether the night can reveal some of the boundaries to what we call 'the urban' in a world of cities, and will call for a revitalized and enhanced 'nightology' to study these limits.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Routledge
ISBN-10
1138676403
ISBN-13
9781138676404
eBay Product ID (ePID)
237863081

Product Key Features

Author
Robert Shaw
Publication Name
Nocturnal City
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
2018
Series
Routledge Research in Culture, Space and Identity Ser.
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
126 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9.2in
Item Height
0.5in
Item Width
6.1in
Item Weight
11.2 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
Gt3408.S53 2018
Reviews
"Shaw's book explores the way humans interface with the darkness that night brings while making the argument that the night should be, in and of itself, an object of research. The book takes the reader on a journey over time and space through the urban night. Throughout the book issues of race, gender, and sexuality are addressed. While the author notes there are "some gaps", this book provides a fairly comprehensive survey of geographical and social theories and research about the human experience at night. Further chapters in the book introduce such concepts as light pollution, nocturnal ecologies, the night-time economy, and the domestic night. The range of topics covered outlines just how much the night has an effect on both humans and ecological systems within the urban environment. -Robert Shaw, The Nocturnal City (London: Routledge, 2018), pp. 126, ISBN: 9781138676404, "Shaw's book explores the way humans interface with the darkness that night brings while making the argument that the night should be, in and of itself, an object of research. The book takes the reader on a journey over time and space through the urban night. Throughout the book issues of race, gender, and sexuality are addressed. While the author notes there are "some gaps", this book provides a fairly comprehensive survey of geographical and social theories and research about the human experience at night. Further chapters in the book introduce such concepts as light pollution, nocturnal ecologies, the night-time economy, and the domestic night. The range of topics covered outlines just how much the night has an effect on both humans and ecological systems within the urban environment. -Robert Shaw, The Nocturnal City(London: Routledge, 2018), pp. 126, ISBN: 9781138676404
Table of Content
Introduction Chapter 1 Changing spaces, changing times: urban futures How is the world urban? Contemporary urban theory Urban machines: environment, society and the self Night and the limits of the city Chapter 2 Fragmenting frontier: night, time and the city Night in pre-industrial societies Electrification Production at night Night as frontier People who go bump in the night: the nocturnals Fragmentation and affects of incessancy on the edge of the city Chapter 3 Nocturnal ecologies and infrastructures Artificial lighting as a condition of nocturnal possibility Light pollution, carbon use and the ecological impacts of the night-time city Changes to urban lighting and global challenges Beyond lighting: infrastructural frontiers at night Living with darkness: infrastructure and the possibilities of urban expansion Chapter 4 Nightlife and night-time economy Booze, bingeing and beer: the night-time economy in the UK Creating nightlife: the emergence of the British night-time economy Being nocturnal: night-time subjectivities Global nocturnal leisure Contact zones of nightlife Chapter 5 Aesthetics of the night-time city Illuminations and conviviality: developing a night-time aesthetics Walking, exploration, graffiti: a counter-aesthetics of the night? Cities at night and place marketing The aesthetics of the night and what it means to be urban Chapter 6 The domestic night Shaping the domestic night: from comfort to control Home, subjectivity and night Home: at the edge of urban and beyond Chapter 7 Towards nightology and the temporal limits to urbanism Planetary urbanization: many cities, many planets Three narratives of the urban-world-night relationship Towards nightology Index
Copyright Date
2018
Target Audience
College Audience
Topic
Earth Sciences / Geography, Human Geography, Time, Sociology / Urban
Lccn
2017-045952
Dewey Decimal
307.76
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Science, Social Science

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