New York New York!: Urban Spaces Dreamscapes Contested Territories

Once a center of transatlantic cultural exchange and the avant-garde arts, New York City has transformed into a global metropolis. This book traces a shift that took shape as cultural practices and media underwent dramatic changes: it takes us from modernist visions of urban sublimity to postmodernist cityscapes; from Hart Crane’s Brooklyn Bridge to the Flushing Meadows fairgrounds; from Mina Loy’s poetics to Klaus Nomi’s transgressive musical performances and Jem Cohen’s multimedia experiments; from Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver and the Magnum Photos portfolio to post-9/11 cinema and the photo blogs of the internet age. As we visit these urban spaces and dreamscapes, we enter territories that remain contested, dynamic locales in a city that keeps unfolding its transformative force.Additional ISBNs9783631665541, 9783653052114, 3631665547, 3653052114New York, New York!: Urban Spaces, Dreamscapes, Contested Territories 1st Edition and published by Peter Lang Gmb H, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften. ISBNs for New York, New York! are 9783653963045, 3653963044 and the print ISBNs are 9783631665541, 3631665547. Additional ISBNs include 3631665547, 3653052114, 9783631665541, 9783653052114.