Introduction: Transnational Cityscapes

The introduction for "Transnational Cityscapes" provides an overview of scholarship on the transnational city in literature and establishes the transnational and city-oriented theoretical frameworks that underpin the essays in this collection. Bringing together theories from the fields of...

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Published inThe Arizona quarterly Vol. 74; no. 1; pp. 1 - 16
Main Authors Pattison, Dale, Concannon, Kevin
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Tucson Johns Hopkins University Press 01.03.2018
Subjects
Cities
Collections
Globalization
Handbooks
Neoliberalism
Plot (Narrative)
Studies
Transnationalism
Urbanism
New York
United States > US
Texas
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Summary:The introduction for "Transnational Cityscapes" provides an overview of scholarship on the transnational city in literature and establishes the transnational and city-oriented theoretical frameworks that underpin the essays in this collection. Bringing together theories from the fields of urban studies and transnational studies, the introduction complicates current understandings of transnationalism and the nation by demonstrating the ways in which cities provide discursive sites that move within and, at times beyond, nation spaces. In levying a critique of US and Latin American cities, the introduction outlines a number of global trends and theoretical concepts that have necessitated new approaches to both transnationalism and city studies.
ISSN:0004-1610
1558-9595
1558-9595
DOI:10.1353/arq.2018.0000