Uses narrative and urban theory to analyse a range of stories about the city.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Part I. Opening: 1. Story: 'the orders by which we live our lives'; Part II Stories of Cities and of a City: 2. Abstract tales: the narrative in urban theory; 3. Storying the concrete city: cows, gardens and other urban tales; Part III. Storied Lives and Urban Experience: 4. Stories and lives: the lates of individual urban dwellers; 5. 'That's my story': narrative conventions in personal tales; 6. Personal narratives and urban images; Part IV. Ending: 7. Whose stories of the city?