Public Speaking in the City: Debating and Shaping the Urban Experience [Hardcover]

Providing a compelling analysis of debates in and about the modern city, this?book draws upon architecture, history, literary studies, new media and sociology to explore the multiple connections between location, speech and the emerging modern metropolis. It concludes by reflecting on public speaking in the construction of the virtual city.List of Figures Introduction: Public Speaking in the Modern City Look Who's Talking Architects and the Urban Public Appearing in Public Locating the Voices Epilogue: Public Speaking and the City of the Future Notes Bibliography

'This book breaks new ground in the exploration of the modern metropolis. For far too long we have been preoccupied with the visual modes of communication in urban settings. This excellently researched, well articulated and stimulating study examines the transformation of communication in this period. Specifically, Stewart chooses to focus upon the neglected study of the spoken word, public speaking and dialogue with urban publics in diverse urban spatial contexts. In a richly textured series of chapters, she explores the varied settings for dialogues on the city by architects, sites such as exhibitions, the street, the coffee house and the salon.' - David Frisby, Professor in Sociology and Cities Programme, London School of Economics, UK