{"product_id":"milanese-encounters-public-space-and-vision-in-contemporary-urban-italy-paperback-softback-9781442626997","title":"Milanese Encounters; Public Space and Vision in Contemporary Urban Italy (Paperback \/ softback) 9781442626997","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMilanese Encounters\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003ePublic Space and Vision in Contemporary Urban Italy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eCristina Moretti (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781442626997\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 26 March 2015\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e304 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.3 x 1.9 cm, 0.48 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This unique book should prove interesting and useful to researchers interested in public space, urban issues (particularly in Europe), neoliberalism and de-\/post-industrialization, and transnational migration. Given its readability, it could also prove a useful teaching resource for classes studying any of these topics, as well as courses on visual anthropology, urban anthropology, or the anthropology of Europe. From a methodological standpoint, in her introduction Moretti tells us that one of her aims is \u0026amp;#x2018;to propose strategies for research in large, complex cities.\u0026amp;#x2019;\"\u003c\/p\u003e - Kayla Rush, Queen\u0026amp;#x2019;s University Belfast (\u003cem\u003eCity \u0026amp; Society\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a city driven by fashion and design, visibility and invisibility are powerful forces.\u003cem\u003e Milanese Encounters\u003c\/em\u003e examines how the acts of looking, recognizing, and being seen reflect social relations and power structures in contemporary Milan.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCristina Moretti’s ethnographic study reveals how the meanings of Milan’s public spaces shift as the city’s various inhabitants use, appropriate, and travel through them. Moretti’s extensive fieldwork covers international migrants, social justice organizations, and middle-class citizens groups in locations such as community centers, abandoned industrial areas, and central plazas and streets. Situated at the intersection of urban and visual anthropology, her work will challenge and inspire scholars in anthropology, urban studies, and other fields.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContributing to studies of urban Italy, neoliberalism, and immigration, \u003cem\u003eMilanese Encounters\u003c\/em\u003e is a welcome demonstration of ethnography’s potential to analyse the connections and divisions created by complex modern cities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e  1. Orientations\u003cbr\u003e  2. Milan\u003cbr\u003e  3. The Agora of the City\u003cbr\u003e  4. Spatial Politics\u003cbr\u003e  5. Creating Spaces, Constructing Selves\u003cbr\u003e  6. Entangled (In)visibilities\u003cbr\u003e  7. Walking with Women: Vision and Gender in the City\u003cbr\u003e  8. Places and Stages: Vision and Performance in Public Space\u003cbr\u003e  Conclusion: Into the Future\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52588161499416,"sku":"9781442626997","price":22.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/milanese-encounters-public-space-and-vision-in-contemporary-urban-italy-paperback-softback-9781442626997","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}