Culture, space, and power

"Culture, Space, and Power: Blurred Lines collects chapters that study contemporary mutations of public and private space in multiple cultural contexts and media from a variety of theoretical and methodological approaches. The chapters range from the general to the specific. The first section explores how recent trends in globalization, nationalism, city design, and ruralist revival yield particular spatial morphologies. The second part of the volume investigates spaces of privacy and togetherness, including traditional settings for intimacy, such as the home; enclosure, such as the prison ; and the virtual locations created through digital media (cellphones, tablets, and computers). At the same time, despite the two-part division into public and private, this volume stresses their connection and interdependency: the extent, that is, to which broader spatial configurations affect private, day-to-day practices and locations."--Back cover.