Stone: Stories of Urban Materiality

Edensor, Tim

In undertaking a systematic analysis of urban materiality, this book investigates one kind of material in Melbourne: stone. The work draws on a range of pertinent, current theories that consider materiality, assemblages, networks, phenomenology, resource and extraction geographies, memorialisation, maintenance and repair, place identity, skill, sensation and affect, haunting and the vitalism of the non-human.  In appealing to the general reader, academics and students, this book provides a highly readable account, replete with evocative examples and fascinating historical and contemporary stories about stone in Melbourne.

Details

Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2020-06-02

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9789811546495

DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-4650-1

Dimensions: 210cm x148cm

Pages: 376