{"product_id":"postcolonial-urban-studies-edouard-glissant-and-the-whole-world-of-cities-9781788218405","title":"Postcolonial Urban Studies: Édouard Glissant and the Whole-World of Cities","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Garth Myers\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Agenda Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Agenda Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Public Policy - City Planning \u0026amp; Urban Development\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on ideas from postcolonial theory and literary and cultural studies Garth Myers develops a new framework for re-imagining global urban studies. This framework is developed in dialogue with the work of Martinican poet and thinker �douard Glissant, in particular his collection of essays entitled, Treatise on the Whole-World, which deploys analogy and juxtaposition to elucidate relationality between places. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUtilizing this methodology, which is comparative in nature, each chapter is based around a pair of cities through which different themes are explored. The pairings are: Fort de France, Martinique with Zanzibar, Tanzania; the Zambian Copperbelt with Scranton, USA; Kingston, Jamaica with Hartford, USA; and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania with Los Angeles, USA. Each chapter combines historical, literary and cultural studies with analysis of a tangible, crucial issue in urban studies. In so doing, the book addresses some of the key concerns of canonical literature in Global North urban studies - from the Manchester School, Chicago School and Los Angeles School, along with the work of Jane Jacobs - and considers what an alternative Glissantian cultural approach might offer.","brand":"Agenda Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47887669493911,"sku":"9781788218405","price":12142.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781788218405.webp?v=1781160575","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/postcolonial-urban-studies-edouard-glissant-and-the-whole-world-of-cities-9781788218405","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}