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Ornaments of the Metropolis: Siegfried Kracauer and Modern Urban Culture

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For Siegfried Kracauer the urban ornament was not just an aspect of design; it was the medium through which city dwellers interpreted the metropolis itself. In Ornaments of the Metropolis, Henrik Reeh traces variations on the theme of the ornament in Kracauer's writ- ings on urbanism, from his early journalism in Germany between the wars to his "sociobi- ography" of Jacques Offenbach in Paris. Kracauer (1889-1966), often associated with the Frankfurt School and the intellectual milieu of Walter Benjamin, is best known for his writ- ings on cinema and the philosophy of history. Reeh examines Kracauer's lesser-known early work, much of it written for the trendsetting newspaper Frankfurter Zeitung in the 19205 and early 1930s, and analyzes Kracauer's continuing reflections on modern urban life, through the pivotal idea of ornament. Kracauer deciphers the subjective experience of the city by viewing fragments of the city as dynamic ornaments; an employment exchange, a day shelter for the homeless, a movie theater, and an amusement park become urban microcosms.

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Ketersediaan

0000009590

720.1 REE o

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No. Panggil

720.1 REE o

Penerbit

London : The M.I.T. Press., 1991

Deskripsi Fisik

x, 248 hal.; ilus.; 17 x 24,5 cm.; indeks.

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Inggris

ISBN/ISSN

0-262-18237-8

Klasifikasi

720.1

Tipe Isi

text

Tipe Media

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Edisi

Ed. 1, Cet. 1

Subjek

Urban beautification

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