Toward an Urban Cultural Studies: Henri Lefebvre and the Humanities

Toward an Urban Cultural Studies is a call for a new interdisciplinary area of research and teaching. Blending Urban Studies and Cultural Studies, this book grounds readers in the extensive theory of the prolific French philosopher Henri Lefebvre. Benjamin Fraser is Professor and Chair of Foreign Languages and Literatures at East Carolina University, USA.

Why urban cultural studies? Why Henri Lefebvre? -- Henri Lefebvre's recalibrated Marxism : urban alienation and cultural studies -- The work (of art) : putting art at the service of the urban -- The urban dominant : everyday life and the city in textual criticism -- The iconic-indexical city : visions of place in urban films -- Listening to urban rhythms : soundscapes in popular music -- Representing digital spaces : videogames and the digital humanities