The New Asian City : Three-Dimensional Fictions of Space and Urban Form /

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Under Jini Kim Watson's scrutiny, the Asian Tiger metropolises of Seoul, Taipei, and Singapore reveal a surprising residue of the colonial environment. Drawing on a wide array of literary, filmic, and political works, and juxtaposing close readings of the built environment, Watson demonstrates...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Watson, Jini Kim (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2011.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Urbanization in literature.
Urbanization.
Space in literature.
East Asian fiction.
Cities and towns in literature.
Cities and towns > Growth.
HISTORY > Asia > General.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary.
Espace dans la litterature.
Urbanisation dans la litterature.
Cities and towns > East Asia > Growth > History.
Urbanization > East Asia > History.
East Asian fiction > History and criticism.
East Asia.
History
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Under Jini Kim Watson's scrutiny, the Asian Tiger metropolises of Seoul, Taipei, and Singapore reveal a surprising residue of the colonial environment. Drawing on a wide array of literary, filmic, and political works, and juxtaposing close readings of the built environment, Watson demonstrates how processes of migration and construction in the hypergrowth urbanscapes of the Pacific Rim crystallize the psychic and political dramas of their colonized past and globalized present. Examining how newly constructed spaces-including expressways, high-rises, factory zones, department stores, and govern.
Physical Description:1 online resource (312 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780816678792

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