Public Speaking in the City

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Introduction: Public Speaking in the Modern City

   • Janet Stewart

   Pages 1-12

3. Look Who’s Talking

   • Janet Stewart

   Pages 13-50

4. Architects and the Urban Public

   • Janet Stewart

   Pages 51-86

5. Appearing in Public

   • Janet Stewart

   Pages 87-119

6. Locating the Voices

   • Janet Stewart

   Pages 120-167

7. Epilogue: Public Speaking and the City of the Future

   • Janet Stewart

   Pages 168-179

8. Back Matter

   Pages 180-211

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Providing a compelling analysis of debates in and about the modern city, this book draws upon architecture, history, literary studies, new media and sociology to explore the multiple connections between location, speech and the emerging modern metropolis. It concludes by reflecting on public speaking in the construction of the virtual city.

• history
• media
• New Media
• sociology

'This book breaks new ground in the exploration of the modern metropolis. For far too long we have been preoccupied with the visual modes of communication in urban settings. This excellently researched, well articulated and stimulating study examines the transformation of communication in this period. Specifically, Stewart chooses to focus upon the neglected study of the spoken word, public speaking and dialogue with urban publics in diverse urban spatial contexts. In a richly textured series of chapters, she explores the varied settings for dialogues on the city by architects, sites such as exhibitions, the street, the coffee house and the salon.' - David Frisby, Professor in Sociology and Cities Programme, London School of Economics, UK

• University of Aberdeen, UK

  Janet Stewart

JANET STEWART directs the Visual Culture Masters Programme at the University of Aberdeen, UK, where she also teaches Comparative Literature and German, and contributes to the Centre for Modern Thought. She is the author of the acclaimed monograph Fashioning Vienna: Adolf Loos's Cultural Criticism.

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