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In Metropolitan Intimacies: An Ethnography on the Poetics of Daily Life, Francisco Cruces examines intimacy and meaning-making in metropolitan residents’ daily lives. An ethnography based on rich micro-stories, Cruces situates life poetics amongst other metropolitan processes in three major cities—Madrid, Montevideo, and Mexico City—to reveal the complex meanings around modern urbanity.
Table of Contents
Introduction: Something Too Good to Be Fake
Chapter 1. Getting Inspired
Chapter 2. Exploring Intimacy
Chapter 3. Stories of The Self
Chapter 4. A Visit to IKEA
Chapter 5. The Poetics of Dwelling
Conclusion: From Collaboration to Remembrance