Imagined Londons

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Imagined Londons explores the diverse ways that Britain's "global city" has been imagined and represented in literature, history, the arts, and popular culture, from the mid–nineteenth century to the present day. American and British contributors examine a variety of topics, ranging from poetry to architecture, from dance music to gay pornography, from "tube" maps to the role of Bangladeshi communities in shaping contemporary London politics. Broadly interdisciplinary and deeply attentive to London's historical diversity, the book is unified by its attention to a single question: How have the many imaginations and representations of London shaped—and been shaped by—history and culture? The answers provided within this volume offer the chance to view London in surprising new ways.

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Introduction. IMAGINING LONDONS
Pamela K. Gilbert

1. THE VICTORIAN SOCIAL BODY AND URBAN CARTOGRAPHY
Pamela K. Gilbert

2. OTHER LONDONERS: RACE AND CLASS IN PLAYS OF NINETEENTH-CENTURY LONDON LIFE
Heidi J. Holder

3. "MEN IN PETTICOATS": BORDER CROSSINGS IN THE QUEER CASE OF MR. BOULTON AND MR. PARK
Morris B. Kaplan

4. ROMANCING THE CITY: ARTHUR SYMONS AND THE SPATIAL POLITICS OF AESTHETICS IN 1890s LONDON
Michelle Sipe

5. THE METROPOLE AS ANTIPODES: AUSTRALIAN WOMEN IN LONDON AND CONSTRUCTING NATIONAL IDENTITY
Angela Woollacott

6. MODERNIST SPACE AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF UNDERGROUND LONDON
David L. Pike

7. LONDON AND THE TOURIST IMAGINATION
David Gilbert and Fiona Henderson

8. BREAD AND (ROCK) CIRCUSES: SITES OF SONIC CONFLICT IN LONDON
Alexei Monroe

9. THE POLITICAL CONSTRUCTION OF DIASPORIC COMMUNITIES IN THE GLOBAL CITY
John Eade, Isabelle Fremeaux, and David Garbin

10. LONELY LONDONER: V. S. NAIPAUL AND "THE GOD OF THE CITY"
Gautam Premnath

11. UNDOING LONDON OR, URBAN HAUNTS: THE FRACTURING OF REPRESENTATION IN THE 1990s
Julian Wolfreys

12. LONDON 2000: THE MILLENNIAL IMAGINATION IN A CITY OF MONUMENTS
Michael Levenson

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Sujets

• Reino Unido
• Popular culture
• Ireland
• United Kingdom
• History of Europe
• Stephen Ireland
• Great Britain
• Royaume-Uni

Informations

• Publié par: State University of New York Press
• Date de parution: 01 février 2012
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780791487976
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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I M AG I N E D L O N D O N S 

edited by Pamela K. Gilbert

S tat e U n i v e r s i t y o f N e w Yo r k P r e s s

Published by State University of New York Press, Albany

© 2002 State University of New York

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Library of Congress CataloginginPublication Data

Imagined Londons / edited by Pamela K. Gilbert. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-7914-5501-7 (acid free paper) — ISBN 0-7914-5502-5 (pbk. : acid free paper) 1. London (England)—Social life and customs. 2. London (England)—Historical geography. I. Gilbert, Pamela K.

DA688 .I43 2002 942.1—dc21

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List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction IMAGINING LONDONS Pamela K. Gilbert

Chapter One THE VICTORIAN SOCIAL BODY AND URBAN CARTOGRAPHY Pamela K. Gilbert

Chapter Two OTHER LONDONERS: RACE AND CLASS IN PLAYS OF NINETEENTH-CENTURY LONDON LIFE Heidi J. Holder

Chapter Three “MEN IN PETTICOATS”: BORDER CROSSINGS IN THE QUEER CASE OF MR. BOULTON AND MR. PARK Morris B. Kaplan

Chapter Four ROMANCING THE CITY: ARTHUR SYMONS AND THE SPATIAL POLITICS OF AESTHETICS IN 1890s LONDON Michelle Sipe

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Chapter Five THE METROPOLE AS ANTIPODES: AUSTRALIAN WOMEN IN LONDON AND CONSTRUCTING NATIONAL IDENTITY Angela Woollacott

Chapter Six MODERNIST SPACE AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF UNDERGROUND LONDON David L. Pike

Chapter Seven LONDON AND THE TOURIST IMAGINATION David Gilbert and Fiona Henderson

Chapter Eight BREAD AND (ROCK) CIRCUSES: SITES OF SONIC CONFLICT IN LONDON Alexei Monroe

Chapter Nine THE POLITICAL CONSTRUCTION OF DIASPORIC COMMUNITIES IN THE GLOBAL CITY John Eade, Isabelle Fremeaux, and David Garbin

Chapter Ten LONELY LONDONER: V. S. NAIPAUL AND “THE GOD OF THE CITY” Gautam Premnath

Chapter Eleven UNDOING LONDON OR, URBAN HAUNTS: THE FRACTURING OF REPRESENTATION IN THE 1990s Julian Wolfreys

Chapter Twelve LONDON 2000: THE MILLENNIAL IMAGINATION IN A CITY OF MONUMENTS Michael Levenson

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FIGURE 1.1. Hector Gavin, Map 2. Altered to show contrast in black-and-white format. Courtesy of Pamela Gilbert. Original can be found in Hector Gavin,Sanitary Ramblings, Being Sketches and Illustrations of Bethnal Green, a Type of the Condition of the Metropolis and Other Large Towns(London: John Churchill, 1848).

FIGURE 1.2. John Snow, Water Company Map: Detail. Altered to show contrast in black-and-white format. Courtesy of Pamela Gilbert. Original can be found in John Snow,On the Mode of Communication of Choleraed., much enlarged (London: John, 2nd Churchill, 1855).

FIGURE 6.1. Modernist Space. Details of lines and colors have changed, but concept and design remain the same today. Harry Beck, first topological underground map, 1933. Courtesy of London’s Transport Museum.

FIGURE 6.2. Oneiric Space. Simon Patterson,The Great Bear, 1992. Courtesy of the artist and London’s Transport Museum.

FIGURE 7.1.“All in One” Map Guide: Festival London(London: Geographia, 1951). The conventional tourist landscape is framed by the spectacular—and temporary—modernity of the 1951 Festival of Britain. Courtesy of The Bishopsgate Institute.

FIGURE 7.2. Cover of W. S. Percy’sThe Empire Comes Home (London: Collins, 1937). Interwar tourism increasingly reinterpreted London as the familiar home for the imperial “family,” rather than as the center of power and authority. Courtesy of David Gilbert.

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FIGURE 8.1. Labrynth 1. Courtesy of Alexei Monroe.

FIGURE 8.2. Labrynth 2. Courtesy of Alexei Monroe.

FIGURE 8.3. Labrynth 3. Courtesy of Alexei Monroe.

FIGURE 8.4. 121–1. Courtesy of Alexei Monroe.

FIGURE 8.5. 121–2. Courtesy of Alexei Monroe.

FIGURE 11.1. Stonework 1. Courtesy of Julian Wolfreys.

FIGURE 11.2. Brick Wall 1. Courtesy of Julian Wolfreys.

FIGURE 11.3. Brick Wall 2. Courtesy of Julian Wolfreys.

FIGURE 11.4. Notice Is Hereby Given. . . . Courtesy of Julian Wolfreys.

FIGURE 11.5. Stonework 2. Courtesy of Julian Wolfreys.

FIGURE 12.1. Rachel Whiteread’sMonumenton the once-vacant plinth of Trafalgar Square. Courtesy of Michael Levenson.

FIGURE 12.2. Millennium Bridge. Courtesy of Michael Levenson.

FIGURE 12.3. The London Eye. Courtesy of Michael Levenson.

FIGURE 12.4. Canary Wharf. Courtesy of Michael Levenson.

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Where illustrations are courtesy of the author, that has been noted in the list of illustrations and in the text. In addition, we are indebted to the following pro- prietors for their courteous permissions to print the following illustrations. London’s Transport Museum, for use of the first topological Underground map by Harry Beck, 1933, in Figure 6.1. Simon Patterson, and London’s Transport Museum, for use of Simon Pat- terson’sThe Great BearFigure 6.2., 1992, in I would also like to thank Michael Levenson and the NEH for the 1995 Summer Seminar, The Culture of London, which inspired this project.

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