Cities are both products of culture, and sites where culture is
made and received. By presenting the very best of classic and
contemporary writing on the culture of cities, The City Cultures
Reader provides an accessible overview of the diverse material
on the interface between cities and culture. The extensively
revised and updated second edition now features fifty generous
writings (of which thirty-eight are new) organised into ten
parts which explore themes such as: what is a city?; what is
culture?; symbolic economies; the culture industry; culture and
technologies; everyday lives; contesting identity; boundaries
and transgressions; utopias and dystopias; and possible urban
futures. Designed to aid student understanding, this new edition
now features extensive introductory sections that define both
the city and culture. Part introductions outline the major
themes, whilst introductions to the individual writings explain
their interest and significance to wider debates. Annotated
further reading is also pro