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Political Science City Planning & Urban Development

Urban Enigmas

Montreal, Toronto, and the Problem of Comparing Cities

by (author) Johanne Sloan

Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
Initial publish date
Feb 2007
Category
City Planning & Urban Development, Post-Confederation (1867-)
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780773531819
    Publish Date
    Feb 2007
    List Price
    $125.00
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780773531826
    Publish Date
    Feb 2007
    List Price
    $37.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780773584754
    Publish Date
    Feb 2007
    List Price
    $34.95

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Description

Contributors, part of the collaborative research project The Culture of Cities: Montreal, Toronto, Dublin, and Berlin, address theoretical and methodological aspects of comparison, while case-studies examine the mutually constituted identities of Montreal and Toronto through examples of travel writing, public art, film festivals, theatrical performances, diasporic communities, ethnic festivals, and urban media. Comparison is shown to be not only something performed by experts but a deeply embedded, everyday social practice that contributes to the mutable identities of cities. Urban Enigmas demonstrates that the accumulation of urban actions, encounters, experiences, and relationships create distinctive patterns that make it possible to recognize the particularity of cities.

About the author

Johanne Sloan is professor of art history, Concordia University, and editor of Urban Enigmas: Montreal, Toronto, and the Problem of Comparing Cities.

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