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Manchester

Something Rich and Strange

Paul Dobraszczyk Sarah Butler

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English
Manchester University Press
19 November 2020
Using 60 different words that speak of the city, from bees to sewers, Manchester: something rich and strange offers a new way of thinking about this iconic post-industrial city. Twenty-three writers from diverse backgrounds offer their take on the everyday things that inform how we experience Manchester, recognising that we're all active in the making and unmaking of the city's spaces. -- .

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Imprint:   Manchester University Press
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 216mm,  Width: 138mm,  Spine: 24mm
ISBN:   9781526144140
ISBN 10:   152614414X
Pages:   360
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  ELT Advanced ,  Primary
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Introduction – Manchester: seeing like a city Atmospheres Spirit – Morag Rose Feel – Sean R. Mills Corridor – Sarah Butler Chimney – Jonathan Silver Night – Nick Dunn Moors – Cassie Britland Monuments Statue – Natalie Bradbury Museum – Jonathan Silver Shopping centre – Martin Dodge Stained glass – Clare Hartwell Sculpture – Natalie Bradbury Movement Exchange – Steve Hanson Stone – Tim Edensor Ring road – Nick Dunn Loop – Natalie Bradbury Bus stop – Peter Kalu Walk – Morag Rose Work Cotton – Martin Dodge Brick – James Thorp Co–op – Natalie Bradbury Newspaper – Natalie Bradbury Car wash – Peter Kalu Relics Medieval – Clare Hartwell Railway – Brian Rosa Stadium – Tim Edensor Hair – Jenna C. Ashton Baths – Matthew Steele Underworlds Sewer – Peter Kalu Arches – Brian Rosa Grave – Cassie Britland Violence – Andrew McMillan Prison – Cassie Britland Dregs Dye – James Thorp Arsenic – Becky Alexis-Martin Shadows – Nick Dunn Rhythm – Joanne Hudson Ruins – Tim Edensor Redundant – Matthew Steele Secrets Facade – Steve Hanson Cloister – Clare Archibald Thread – Jenna C. Ashton Radium – Becky Alexis-Martin Passage – Paul Dobraszczyk Cobble – Tim Edensor Nature Wildscape – Joanne Hudson Edges – Nick Dunn Ginkgo – Becky Alexis-Martin Canal – Morag Rose Gardens – Matthew Steele Destruction Flower – Sarah Sayeed Bee – Paul Dobraszczyk Riot – Sarah Butler Atom – Steve Hanson Tudor – Paul Dobraszczyk Home Homeless – Steve Hanson B&B – Sarah Butler Synagogue – Jonathan Silver Mosque – Qaisra Shahraz Immigrant – Qaisra Shahraz Laundrette – Peter Kalu Notes on contributors Photo acknowledgements Index -- .

Paul Dobraszczyk is a researcher and writer based in Manchester and a Teaching Fellow at the Bartlett School of Architecture in London. He is the author of Future Cities: Architecture and the Imagination (2019) and The Dead City: Urban Ruins and the Spectacle of Decay (2017). Sarah Butler is a novelist and Lecturer in Creative Writing at the Manchester Writing School, Manchester Metropolitan University. She is the author of Jack & Bet (2020) and Ten Things I've Learnt About Love: A Novel (2014) and explores the relationship between writing and place through her consultancy UrbanWords. -- .

Reviews for Manchester: Something Rich and Strange

'Dobraszczyk and Butler have gathered together a set of excavations and forgagings which piece together very different visions of the towns and developments and rivers and canals and in-between spaces which make up the disjointed, uneven, ever-changing city of Manchester. Here, in the book's exploration of undervalued urban spaces, readers will find the traces of other futures, snickets and ginnels, a rumour of salmon, slow-worms appearing in old brickworks, the amazing story of the city's hibakujumoko trees, and myriad other transplantations and spaces that twenty-first-century time has passed by.' John McAuliffe, poet and Reader of Creative Writing and Modern Literature, University of Manchester 'Manchester: Something rich and strange epitomises everything that is wonderful about this great city. The book tells the story of Manchester's past and present in a unique and engaging way, bringing together a variety of contributors from a variety of different backgrounds.' Michala Hulme, author of A grim almanac of Manchester and Bloody British history: Manchester -- .


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