The Making and Unmaking of Colonial Cities: Urban Planning, Imperial Power, and the Improvisational Itineraries of the Poor - Obert, Julia C. (Associate Professor, Department of English, Associate Professor, Department of English, University of Wyoming) - Books - Oxford University Press - 9780198881247 - September 21, 2023
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The Making and Unmaking of Colonial Cities: Urban Planning, Imperial Power, and the Improvisational Itineraries of the Poor


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Obert explores the legacies of colonialism, racial segregation, and oppression in four post-colonial cities: Belfast, Windhoek, Bridgetown, and Hanoi. She uses local literary texts to demonstrate how bodies can move against repressive power through small gestures of reclamation.


208 pages

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released September 21, 2023
ISBN13 9780198881247
Publishers Oxford University Press
Pages 218
Dimensions 241 × 164 × 25 mm   ·   498 g

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