{"product_id":"grammars-of-the-urban-ground-paperback","title":"Grammars of the Urban Ground - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAsh Amin\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eMichele Lancione\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe contributors to \u003ci\u003eGrammars of the Urban Ground\u003c\/i\u003e develop a new conceptual framework and vocabulary for capturing the complex, ever-shifting, and interactive processes that shape contemporary cities. Building on Marxist, feminist, queer, and critical race theory as well as the ontological turn in urban studies, they propose a mode of analysis that resists the staple of siloed categories such as urban \"economy,\" \"society,\" and \"politics.\" In addition to addressing key concepts of urban studies such as dispossession and scale, the contributors examine the infrastructures of plutocratic life in London, reconfigure notions of gentrification as a process of racial banishment, and seek out alternative archives for knowledge about urban density. They also present case studies of city life in the margins and peripheries of São Paulo, Kinshasa, Nairobi, and Jakarta. In so doing, they offer a foundation for better understanding the connective and aggregative forces of city-making and the entanglements and relations that constitute cities and their everyday politics. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Contributors. Ash Amin, Teresa Caldeira, Filip De Boeck, Suzanne Hall, Caroline Knowles, Michele Lancione, Colin McFarlane, Natalie Oswin, Edgar Pieterse, Ananya Roy, AbdouMaliq Simone, Tatiana Thieme, Nigel Thrift, Mariana Valverde\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAsh Amin is 1931 Chair of Geography at the University of Cambridge and author, coauthor, and editor of many books, including \u003ci\u003eSeeing Like a City\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLand of Strangers\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Michele Lancione is Professor of Economic and Political Geography, DIST, Polytechnic of Turin, Italy, coeditor of \u003ci\u003eGlobal Urbanism: Knowledge, Power, and the City\u003c\/i\u003e, and editor of \u003ci\u003eRethinking Life at the Margins: The Assemblage of Contexts, Subjects, and Politics\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 264\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 24, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42159315189895,"sku":"9781478018339","price":45.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/d1173889b8f36a49defdf0a68b3d3b12.webp?v=1733265694","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/grammars-of-the-urban-ground-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}