Abstract
This special issue explores how cultural production and practice understand and articulate the changing relationship between city and nation, in the light of globalization and the increasing freedom of cities to build, brand and promote themselves independent of the nation state. The Introduction maps the scholarship pertaining to cultural engagements with city and nation, highlighting their separation into two distinct spheres. It reviews the existing scholarship on city-nation relations in the field of urban studies (where discussion has centred on the emergence of ‘world cities’ and their implications for nation states) and in urban history. It locates in Vivian Bickford-Smith’s work on cities and nationalism in South Africa a rich source of inspiration for the volume’s complementary study of the role played by cultural production and practice in articulating, shaping and negotiating understandings of city and nation in contemporary Europe. It closes with an overview of the contributing articles
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 151-165 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| Journal | Journal of Urban Cultural Studies |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Sept 2021 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This article, its underpinning research and the conference on which the volume is based were funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), as part of a Leadership Fellowship on ?Naples and the nation: Image, media and culture in the Second Republic?, Grant Number AH/R014876/1. In addition to the AHRC, I wish to thank Cecilia Brioni for sharing the reading of some early versions of articles received, and for her invaluable contribution to the work of the project. Sincere thanks are also due to the anonymous reviewers and editor of the Journal of Urban Cultural Studies for their insightful comments and helpful suggestions.
Funding Information:
This article, its underpinning research and the conference on which the volume is based were funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), as part of a Leadership Fellowship on ‘Naples and the nation: Image, media and culture in the Second Republic’, Grant Number AH/R014876/1. In addition to the AHRC, I wish to thank Cecilia Brioni for sharing the reading of some early versions of articles received, and for her invaluable contribution to the work of the project. Sincere thanks are also due to the anonymous reviewers and editor of the Journal of Urban Cultural Studies for their insightful comments and helpful suggestions.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Intellect Ltd Introduction. English language.
Keywords
- city and nation
- the city in literature
- cinema and the city
- world cities
- Vivian Bickford-Smith
- cultural practices
- urban identities