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This Is A Trans-disciplinary Work With A Focus On Genre-city Relationships As They Articulate The Micropolitics Of Urban Life In Diverse Cities. The Chapters Deploy Concepts From Philosophy, Political Theory, Literary Studies, Cinema Studies, Poetics And Aesthetic Theory On Diverse Cities, Among Which Are Berlin And London. Introduction: Geophilosophy, Aesthetics, And The City -- The Now Time(s) Of The Global City: Displacing Hegel's Geopolitical Narrative -- Managing Urban Security: City Walls And Policing Metis -- Neo-noir And Urban Domesticity: The Wachowski Brothers' Bound -- Gothic Philadelphia: Divided Subjects And Fractionated Assemblages -- Bodies And The City: Washington Dc -- Walt Whitman And The Ethnopoetics Of New York -- Inter-city Cinema: Hong Kong At The Berlinale. Michael J. Shapiro. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 183-206) And Index.