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Journal of Urban Cultural Studies 5.3 is now available

Intellect is pleased to announce that the Journal of Urban Cultural Studies 5.3 is now available!

This peer-reviewed journal provides in-depth exploration of the cultural aspects of urban life and the representation of cities in cultural products. It explores the intersection of humanities and social sciences, including essays that balance individual cultural/artistic product(s) with social-science urban approaches.

For more information about the issue, click here >> https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/intellect/jucs/2018/00000005/00000003

5.3 Articles

Comics and the slaughterhouse: Alberto Breccia and the neighbourhood of Mataderos

James Scorer

Recovering the human in the urban dystopia: Mobility as détournement in Playtime
Steven Spalding

Automobiles and gender in San Francisco crime films
Paul Stangl

The city in motion: Modernity, mobility and skyline views in Manhatta (1921)
Vojislava Filipcevic Cordes

Populism, art and the city: An interdisciplinary pedagogy for our time
Angela Marino and Jason Luger

Demanding the city: Traces of the UN 50 protests in San Francisco

Jeff Garnand

Is forensic architecture the new muralism of the Mexican state? A reflection on racialized violence and the construction of Mexican identity
Tania Osorio Harp

All that is solid? Movement, repurposed lives and a cardboard citizenry
Connie Zheng

Gay desert modern: Sexuality, architecture and indigeneity in Palm Springs, California

Xander Len