City Images: an Exercise in Social Representation

<p>This article treats film as a territory with social, geographical and cultural<br />characteristics whose symbols and images involving sociological, literary and imagery sources permits a representation of the metropolis which elucidates the “crisis” o f urban society. The singularity...

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Main Author: Ana Lucia Lucas Martins
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Published: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro 2011-12-01
Series:Espaço Aberto
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Online Access:https://revistas.ufrj.br/index.php/EspacoAberto/article/view/2056
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Summary:<p>This article treats film as a territory with social, geographical and cultural<br />characteristics whose symbols and images involving sociological, literary and imagery sources permits a representation of the metropolis which elucidates the “crisis” o f urban society. The singularity of Brazilian cities in the experience of constituting the metropolis is considered in two moments: the city in Iberian tradition and in “city development”.</p>
ISSN:2236-1367
2237-3071