Description
Urban Anthropology
Book Summary
A book to rethink our cities from a cultural perspective. Anthropologist Amalia Signorelli places the human being in the urban space and analyzes the cultural awareness that arises from that relationship. The work addresses the diverse conceptions of life, the cognitive-cultural systems built in and by urban contexts, as well as the cultural dimensions generated in every modern metropolis. An essential read to understand how the urban environment shapes our identity and our social practices.
What is it about?
This book offers an anthropological analysis of the city as a lived and culturally constructed space. The author examines how metropolitan inhabitants generate knowledge systems, values, and practices that transform the urban environment and, at the same time, are shaped by it. Through a critical lens, the book explores the tensions between the local and the global, cultural diversity, and the power dynamics that shape life in contemporary cities. The work invites us to rethink the city not just as a physical setting, but as a constantly evolving cultural product.
Main Topics
- Relationship between urban space and the cultural construction of identity.
- Cognitive-cultural systems generated in metropolitan contexts.
- Conceptions of life and social organization in the modern city.
- Power dynamics, diversity, and conflict in the urban environment.
- The metropolis as a cultural product and a stage for social transformation.
Who is it recommended for?
This book is aimed at students and professionals in anthropology, sociology, urban planning, and the social sciences in general. It is also of great interest to researchers, urban planners, cultural managers, and anyone interested in understanding how cities influence our way of thinking, acting, and relating to others.
What this book contributes
- An updated anthropological vision of the city as a cultural space.
- Conceptual tools to analyze diversity and urban dynamics.
- Keys to rethinking the relationship between the human being and their metropolitan environment.
- A critical perspective on the transformation processes of contemporary cities.
- An interdisciplinary approach that enriches the study of the urban.
Technical Specifications
- Author: SIGNORELLI, AMALIA
- Publisher: ANTHROPOS EDITORIAL
- Language: Spanish
- Topic: LITERARY ESSAYS, SOCIETY AND CULTURE: GENERAL, ANTHROPOLOGY, SOCIAL SERVICES AND WELFARE, CRIMINOLOGY, POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT
- Collection: NO COLLECTION
- Edition Date: Not available
- Number of pages: 252
- Weight: 329 g
Editorial Review
A rigorous and accessible work that offers a necessary anthropological perspective for understanding modern cities. The author successfully articulates theory and concrete analysis, providing the reader with tools to interpret the cultural complexity of urban space. Recommended for those seeking a critical and well-founded perspective on life in contemporary metropolises.