Galáxia (Dec 2007)
On flows, scenarios, desires and mediations: the city, from outskirts to communicational spatialities
Abstract
PrYsthon, Ângela (org.) (2006). Imagens da cidade: espaços urbanos na comunicação e na cultura contem porâneas. Porto Alegre: Sulina. 272 p. On flows, scenarios, desires and mediations: the city, from outskirts to communicational spatialities — Analysis of the book Images of the city, proposing a panoramic and synthetic reading of its main themes and topics, considering, among other aspects, the centrality of urban phenomena and processes in communicational investigations. The book focuses on the pertinence of a communicational reading of the urban experience, and the relevance of interpretations that identify the connections and intra-determinations between media and city.
