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City as a Stage explores the diverse ways in which modern cities of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries presented and projected themselves, especially by staging major urban events, which have often been interpreted as major local and national turning points. In particular, the book discusses how...

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Έκδοση: Finnish Literature Society / SKS 2018
Διαθέσιμο Online:https://doi.org/10.21435/skst.1423
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spelling oapen-20.500.12657-308882024-03-25T09:51:43Z Kaupunki tapahtumien näyttämönä Vilén, Timo Vahtikari, Tanja Kaarninen, Mervi town cultural event events town space thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBC Cultural and media studies::JBCC Cultural studies thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSD Urban communities City as a Stage explores the diverse ways in which modern cities of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries presented and projected themselves, especially by staging major urban events, which have often been interpreted as major local and national turning points. In particular, the book discusses how cities were imagined through the prism provided by other cities, major events, as well as alternative pasts and futures. How –with admiration, indifference or contestation– did various urban actors engage with the city as a stage? The book paints a multifaceted picture of the history of urban events and town twinning, while at the same illustrating how students and travellers experienced cities such as Berlin, Rome, Helsinki, and Tampere. As for individual urban events, Stockholm’s General Art and Industrial Exposition of 1897, Helsinki’s 400th anniversary of 1950, and the Moscow Youth Festival of 1957 are all given their own chapter. 2018-01-08 23:55 2017-12-01 23:55:55 2018-01-08 00:00:00 2020-04-01T13:16:59Z 2020-04-01T13:16:59Z 2016 book 641485 OCN: 1030821384 0355-1768 9789522229892;9789522227331 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/30888 fin Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seuran Toimituksia application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International 641485.pdf https://doi.org/10.21435/skst.1423 Finnish Literature Society / SKS 10.21435/skst.1423 10.21435/skst.1423 51db0f72-616d-4d86-b847-ade19380e08f 4443031d-be70-4b63-9046-500c2be77ee4 9789522229892;9789522227331 1423 301 Helsinki Kirjastokonsortio Aleksandria and SKS open access
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