ISBN:
9780198881261
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (viii, 209 Seiten)
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Illustrationen
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Obert, Julia C. Making and Unmaking of Colonial Cities
DDC:
307.121609
Keywords:
City planning-History
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Imperialism and architecture
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Postcolonialism
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Impérialisme et architecture
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Villes coloniales
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Postcolonialisme
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colonial cities
;
postcolonialism
Abstract:
Obert explores the legacies of colonialism, racial segregation, and oppression in four post-colonial cities: Belfast, Windhoek, Bridgetown, and Hanoi. She uses local literary texts to demonstrate how bodies can move against repressive power through small gestures of reclamation.
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