The City Connection
The City Connection

Author: Lillian Trager

Publisher: University of Michigan Press

Published: 1988

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 9780472063901

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Evaluates migration in light of the migrant's social network

Crescent City Kill
Crescent City Kill

Author: Julie Smith

Publisher:

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 9780804113977

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Skip Langdon, a New Orleans police detective, encounters death in her own hometown when the local police superintendent is gunned down and then the murderer is killed by a group who goes by the name of "the Jury."

The Cat and The City
The Cat and The City

Author: Nick Bradley

Publisher: Atlantic Books

Published: 2020-06-04

Total Pages: 302

ISBN-13: 1786499908

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A BBC Radio 2 Book Club Pick 'Ingenious ... touching, surprising and sometimes heartbreaking.' Guardian 'If you're itching to read a new novel by David Mitchell ... try this.' The Times _______________ In Tokyo - one of the world's largest megacities - a stray cat is wending her way through the back alleys. And, with each detour, she brushes up against the seemingly disparate lives of the city-dwellers, connecting them in unexpected ways. But the city is changing. As it does, it pushes her to the margins where she chances upon a series of apparent strangers - from a homeless man squatting in an abandoned hotel, to a shut-in hermit afraid to leave his house, to a convenience store worker searching for love. The cat orbits Tokyo's denizens, drawing them ever closer. 'Masterfully weaves together seemingly disparate threads to conjure up a vivid tapestry of Tokyo; its glory, its shame, its characters, and a calico cat.' David Peace, author of THE TOKYO TRILOGY One of the Independent's best debuts

Ecopolis
Ecopolis

Author: Dimitra Babalis

Publisher: Alinea Editrice

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 166

ISBN-13: 8860551900

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The Cinematic City
The Cinematic City

Author: David Clarke

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2005-08-19

Total Pages: 270

ISBN-13: 1134797966

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The Cinematic City offers an innovative and thought-provoking insight into cityscape and screenscape and their inter-connection. Illustrated throughout with movie stills, a diverse selection of films (from 'Bladerunner' to 'Little Caesar'), genres, cities and historical periods are examined by leading names in the field. The key dimensions of film and urban theory are introduced before detailed analysis of the various cinematic forms which relate most significantly to the city. From early cinema and documentary film, to film noir, 'New Wave' and 'postmodern cinema', the contributors provide a wealth of empirical material and illustration whilst drawing on the theoretical insights of contemporary feminism, Benjamin, Baudrillard, Foucault, Lacan, and others. The Cinematic City shows how the city has been undeniably shaped by the cinematic form, and how cinema owes much of its nature to the historical development of urban space. Engaging with current theoretical debates, this is a book that is set to change the way in which we think about both the nature of the city and film. Contributors: Giuliana Bruno, Iain Chambers, Marcus Doel, David Clarke, Anthony Easthope, Elisabeth Mahoney, Will Straw, Stephen Ward, John Gold, James Hay, Rob Lapsley, Frank Krutnik

Night and the City
Night and the City

Author: Andrew Pulver

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2019-07-25

Total Pages: 125

ISBN-13: 1838717315

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Night and the City (1950), directed by Jules Dassin and starring Richard Widmark, is the compelling story of a hoodlum on the make in postwar London. Andrew Pulver's study of the film traces the film's production history and places it in the context of British film noir and the urban mythology of its West End setting.