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Inbunden (Hardback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
224
Utgivningsdatum
2023-04-25
Förlag
University of California Press
Illustratör/Fotograf
3 b-w figures 1 map 11 charts and tables
Illustrationer
3 b-w figures; 1 map; 11 charts and tables
Antal komponenter
1
ISBN
9780520383449

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The first book to explore how our cities gentrify by becoming social media influencers-and why it works. Cities, like the people that live in them, are subject to the attention economy. In The City Authentic, author David A. Banks shows how cities are transforming themselves to appeal to modern desires for authentic urban living through the attention-grabbing tactics of social media influencers and reality-TV stars. Blending insightful analysis with pop culture, this engaging study of New York State's Capital Region is an accessible glimpse into the social phenomena that influence contemporary cities. The rising economic fortunes of cities in the Rust Belt, Banks argues, are due in part to the markers of its previous decay-which translate into signs of urban authenticity on the internet. The City Authentic unpacks the odd connection between digital media and derelict buildings, the consequences of how we think about industry and place, and the political processes that have enabled a new paradigm in urban planning. Mixing urban sociology with media and cultural studies, Banks offers a lively account of how urban life and development are changing in the twenty-first century.
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David A. Banks is Lecturer and Director of Globalization Studies at the University at Albany, a delegate to the Troy Area Labor Council, and author of many essays on technology, cities, and politics.

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List of Figures and Tables Acknowledgments Abbreviations Part One. Making the City Authentic 1. Cultural Capital Region 2. Upscale Upstate Part Two. Theorizing the City Authentic 3. What Is Authenticity? 4. The Political Economy of Authenticity Part Three. Governing the City Authentic 5. Policies and Tactics 6. What Is to Be Done? Notes Index