| Title: | Bifurcaciones : revista de estudios culturales urbanos |
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| Alternative title: | Bifurcaciones : journal of urban cultural studies |
| Description: | Bifurcaciones is an interesting and unique peer-reviewed scholarly e-journal from Chile, which publishes original research into representations of contemporary urban life. Published four times a year from 2004 to 2006 and twice a year from 2008, it features articles on cinema, literature, photography, design, music and architecture, offering critical approaches to understanding the relationships between cities and their inhabitants. To date, articles have addressed such topics as: the impact of globalisation and urban transformation on Montevideo; Bilbao as a city of spectacle; hip hop culture in Chile; the relationship between fascism and the city; and the cinematic depiction of New York slums. The articles are diverse (and vary in quality), with some but not an exclusive focus on Latin America. Book reviews, interviews, and special dossiers on particular themes, theorists, authors and so on (Colección reserva) feature in each issue.The full-text of each article is accompanied by links to related articles of interest, which provides a useful way of navigating around the journal's contents. For a journal, the design is fairly elaborate which is certainly attractive, but may cause problems for some users in terms of accessibility. Bifurcaciones has much to interest students and researchers of contemporary urban cultural studies, particularly those working on Latin America.The journal is entirely in Spanish; only abstracts are provided in English. |
| Keywords - controlled: | Latin America; cultural studies; postmodernism; cities; globalization; music; literature; film; cinema; architecture; design; photography; |
| Keywords - uncontrolled: | urban studies; urbanism |
| Type: | Journals - full-text; Research related resources |
| URL: | http://www.bifurcaciones.cl/ |
| Classification: |
Architecture and planning > Architectural theory and criticism Architecture and planning > Urban design > Theory and criticism Creative and performing arts > Cultural studies > Modernism and postmodernism Communication and media studies > Film studies > Film theory and criticism Humanities > Humanities - general Modern languages and area studies > Latin America > Cultural studies Modern languages and area studies > Latin America > Film studies Modern languages and area studies > Latin America > Area / diaspora studies Modern languages and area studies > Latin American > Latin America: literature Creative and performing arts > Music > Musicology Creative and performing arts > Music > Musicology > Ethnomusicology Creative and performing arts > Visual arts > Photography > Theory and criticism |
| Resource creator: | Greene, Ricardo (Project Director), Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile |
| Resource creator: | Pérez, Lorena (Project Director), Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile |
| Resource creator: | Campos, Diego (Editor) |
| Resource creator: | Errazuriz, Tomas (Editor) |
| Country of origin: | Chile |
| Period: | 19th Century; 20th Century (1900 - 1945); 20th Century (1946 - 1999); 2000 - present |
