Screen LibraryThe Marseille mosaic : a Mediterranean city at the crossroads of cultures /
"Formerly the gateway to the French empire, the city of Marseille exemplifies a postcolonial Europe reshaped by immigrants, refugees, and repatriates. The Marseille Mosaic seeks to address the city's past and present, exploring the relationship between Marseille and the rest of France, Eur...
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| Group Author: | ; |
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| Published: |
Berghahn,
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| Publisher Address: | New York, NY : |
| Publication Dates: | 2023. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Space and place ;
volume 21 |
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| Summary: |
"Formerly the gateway to the French empire, the city of Marseille exemplifies a postcolonial Europe reshaped by immigrants, refugees, and repatriates. The Marseille Mosaic seeks to address the city's past and present, exploring the relationship between Marseille and the rest of France, Europe, and the Mediterranean. Proposing new models for the study of place by integrating approaches from the humanities and social sciences, this volume offers an idiosyncratic "mosaic," which vividly details the challenges facing other French and European cities and the ways residents are developing alternative perspectives and charting new urban futures"-- |
| Item Description: | Nine essays translated from French into English. |
| Carrier Form: | xv, 335 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781800738201 180073820X |
| Index Number: | DC801 |
| CLC: | D756.562 |
| Call Number: | D756.562/M364 |
| Contents: | The Presence of the Past in Contemporary Marseille -- Scenes of Marseille Myth-Making -- Visibility and Invisibility in Marseille's Social Fabric -- Current Interventions in Urban Space. |