Cities Surround The Countryside : Urban Aesthetics in Postsocialist China /

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Denounced as parasitical under Chairman Mao and devalued by the norms of traditional Chinese ethics, the city now functions as a site of individual and collective identity in China. Cities envelop the countryside, not only geographically and demographically but also in terms of cultural impact. Robi...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Visser, Robin (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham : Duke University Press, [2010]
Temas:
Aesthetics > Electronic books.
Aesthetics.
Cities and towns > History > 21st century > China.
Cities and towns > China > History > 21st century.
City and town life > History > 21st century > China.
City and town life > China > History > 21st century.
HISTORY / Asia / China.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction Cities Surround the Countryside
  • Part One. Conceiving the Postsocialist City
  • 1. Designing the Postsocialist City Urban Planning and Its Discontents
  • 2. Theorizing the Postsocialist City The Cultural Politics of Urban Aesthetics
  • Part Two. The City as Subject
  • 3. Performing the Postsocialist City Beijing Identity in Art, Cinema, and Fiction
  • 4 Consuming the Postsocialist City Shanghai Identity in Art, Cinema, and Fiction
  • Part Three. The Subject in the City
  • 5 The Melancholic Urban Subject Black Snow, Private Life, Breathing, and Candy
  • 6 Postsocialist Urban Ethics Modernity and the Morality of Everyday Life
  • Conclusion. Sustainable Chinese Aesthetics
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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