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Book SynopsisCarolyn S. Loeb is Associate Professor Emerita in Art & Architectural History in the Residential College in the Arts and Humanities at Michigan State University, USA. She has published on public art and urban redevelopment in Berlin, among other subjects.
Trade Review“Grounded in a close and critical reading of a number of works of public art and monuments in contemporary Berlin,
The City as Subject draws on a sophisticated array of scholarship rooted in critical urban studies and the history of memory, providing something of a blueprint for activist artists and citizens in other places.” * Joe Perry, Associate Professor of History, Georgia State University, USA *
Table of ContentsList of Plates List of Figures Preface and acknowledgments 1. Introduction: Public Art and the Affirmation of the City 2. West Berlin Walls, Street Art, and the Right to the City 3. City Spaces: Contemporary Public Sculpture in Berlin 4. The Memorial Landscape of the Berlin Wall 5. Conclusion: Public Art within an Urban Discourse Bibliography Index
