Cities Surround The Countryside : Urban Aesthetics in Postsocialist China /

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Explores the cultural significance of the explosive growth of China s cities during the past three decades through interpretations of Chinese fiction, cinema, visual art, architecture, and urban design.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Visser, Robin, 1962-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2010.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Ästhetik
Kultur
Stadt
City and town life.
Cities and towns.
Aesthetics.
HISTORY > Asia > China.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > Urban.
Vie urbaine > Chine > Histoire > 21e siecle.
Villes > Chine > Histoire > 21e siecle.
City and town life > China > History > 21st century.
Cities and towns > China > History > 21st century.
China
China.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Designing the postsocialist city : urban planning and its discontents
  • Theorizing the postsocialist city : cultural politics of urban aesthetics
  • Performing the postsocialist city : Beijing identity in art, film, and fiction
  • Consuming the postsocialist city : Shanghai identity in art, film, and fiction
  • The melancholic urban subject : black snow, private life, breathing, and candy
  • Postsocialist urban ethics : modernity and the morality of everyday life
  • Conclusion: sustainable Chinese aesthetics.

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