WEEK 2/OCT 1st CITY AS CULTURAL TEXT I: CRITIQUE OF MODERNITY

Sep 24^th   NO CLASS

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Required Reading

Benjamin, W. (1969). ‘Paris: Capital of the Nineteenth Century’. Perspecta, 12, 165-172. doi:10.2307/1566965 [click here to download]

NOTE: Chinese version of the same article is available.

Sturken, Marita & Cartwright, Lisa. (2009). Practices of Looking: An Introduction to Visual Culture.pp.89-103 [click here]