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How did American cities change throughout the 20th and early 21st century? This timely publication integrates research from American Literary and Cultural Studies, Urban Studies and History. The essays range from negotiations of the »ethnic city« in US literature and media, to studies of recent urban phenomena and their representations: gentrification, re-appropriation and conversion of urban spaces in the USA. These interdisciplinary and intercultural perspectives on American cities provide unique points of access for studying the complex narratives of urban transformation. »Die verschiedenen Essays blicken auf und analysieren eine große Anzahl städtischer Transformationsprozesse und deren kulturelle Repräsentationen. Sie stellen sowohl thematisch als auch methodologisch einen wertvollen und äußerst lesenswerten Beitrag zur aktuellen Stadtforschung dar.« Nico Völker, KULT_online, 48 (2016)

America. --- American Culture. --- American Literature. --- City. --- Cultural Geography. --- Social Geography. --- Sociology. --- USA. --- Urban Studies. --- Stadt --- Stadtentwicklung --- Literatur --- Amerikabild --- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban. --- USA-Bild --- Bild --- USA --- Amerika --- Motiv --- Belletristik --- Dichtung --- Schöne Literatur --- Sprachkunst --- Wortkunst --- Buch --- Schriftsteller --- Stadtplanung --- Schwellenanalyse --- Stadtansicht --- Ortsansicht --- Entwicklung --- Schöne Literatur --- Cities; USA; Urban Studies; American Literature; American Culture; City; America; Social Geography; Cultural Geography; Sociology

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The edited volume discusses the role of textile heritage in relation to the dynamics of nation building, cultural identity, politics, economy and the globalization of markets. It was sparked by a research project investigating the role of textiles, textile design and contemporary fashion in the post-Soviet societies of Central Asia and also includes perspectives on similar developments in Algeria and Peru in order to question dichotomous narrations of modernity relations between textile cultures and heritage building, cultural property, and the concept of cultural heritage. Thus, this book intends to stimulate the ongoing debate about textile culture as national heritage or as means of nation branding. Insgesamt gibt der Band vielfältige Einblicke in unterschiedliche Kulturen, ihren Umgang mit dem jeweiligen textilen Erbe als Bestandteil nationaler Identitäten und die damit verbundenen Prozesse. Diese Perspektive leistet somit einen wichtigen Beitrag zur volkskundlichen Textilforschung. - Melanie Burgemeister, in: Zeitschrift für Volkskunde 2/2019, S. 362.

Uzbekistan --- Kazakhstan --- Algeria --- Peru --- National Dress --- Nation Branding --- Textile Culture --- Textile Heritage --- Textile tradition --- Uzbek Textile Crafts --- Khon-Atlas --- Uzbek Skullcaps --- Tuskiiz --- Kazakh Kuruk Patchwork --- Silk Road --- Linden Museum Stuttgart --- Mode und Tracht --- Volkskunst --- Ethnicity. --- Material culture --- Material culture. --- Textile industry --- Textile industry. --- Algeria. --- Kazakhstan. --- Peru. --- Uzbekistan.

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