Are Large Suburban Housing Estates Urban Threats?
Germes M, Schirmel H, Brailich A, Glasze G, Pütz R (2010)
Publication Language: French
Publication Status: Published
Publication Type: Journal article
Publication year: 2010
Journal
Publisher: A. Colin
Book Volume: 119
Pages Range: 515-535
Journal Issue: 675
DOI: 10.3917/ag.675.0515
Abstract
Since the 1960s, large housing estates have shaped the physiognomy of suburbia in Western and Eastern European cities. This paper examines the constitution of meaning of this particular form of housing estate within three different national contexts (Germany, Poland, and France). We identify transnational and specific national discursive patterns that produce both particular social spaces and distinct social orders. A research design in discourse theory allows focusing on social phenomena in their specific context and thus serves as the appropriate frame of reference for such an international comparative study. We assume that the interlinkage of spatial (here/there) and social demarcations (familiar/foreign or safe/unsafe) is constitutive for the discursive production of spaces and social structures. Empirically, we base our study on major national newspapers. Combining corpus linguistic, lexicometric analysis with the analysis of articulation patterns, this paper explores differences and similarities, and ruptures in the discursive constitution of large housing estates. © Armand Colin.
Authors with CRIS profile
Melina Germes
Institut für Geographie
Adam Brailich
Chair in Cultural Geography
Georg Glasze
Chair in Cultural Geography
Involved external institutions
Germany (DE)How to cite
APA:
Germes, M., Schirmel, H., Brailich, A., Glasze, G., & Pütz, R. (2010). Are Large Suburban Housing Estates Urban Threats? Annales de Geographie, 119(675), 515-535. https://dx.doi.org/10.3917/ag.675.0515
MLA:
Germes, Melina, et al. "Are Large Suburban Housing Estates Urban Threats?" Annales de Geographie 119.675 (2010): 515-535.
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