Michael J. Shapiro is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Hawaii. Among his recent publications are Cinematice Geopolitics (Routledge, 2009) and The Time of the City: Politics, Philosophy and Genre (Routledge 2010).

This book, which originated as a monograph issue of the Journal for Cultural Research, contains essay/chapters that examine urban politics through readings of film, literature and architecture genres.

This book was published as a special issue of Journal for Cultural Research

1.Introduction: Genre and the City Michael J. Shapiro

2.Genre and the City: Tokyo's Urban Space Bettina Johanna Brown

3.Policing Paris: Private Publics and Architectural Media in Michael Haneke's Caché Brianne Gallagher

4.Crossing the Border: Art and Change in East Harlem Allison Pan

5.Genre and the African City: The Politics and Poetics of Urban Rhythms Sam Okoth Opondo

6.Centrifugal Bostons and Competing Imaginaries in Mystic River Nicolette Rowe

7.Intercity Cinema: Hong Kong at the Berlinale Michael J. Shapiro