Contemporary Practices of Citizenship in Asia and the West : Care of the Self /

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Contemporary Practices of Citizenship in Asia and the West: Care of the Self examines urban communities and societies in Asia and the West to shed much-needed light on issues that have emerged as the world experiences its new urban turn. An urbanized world should be an improving place, one that is b...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Bracken, Gregory (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2020
Colección:Asian cities (Amsterdam, Netherlands) ; 14.
Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Citizenship > Western countries.
City and town life > Western countries.
Cities and towns > Western countries.
Citizenship > Asia.
City and town life > Asia.
Cities and towns > Asia.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction / Gregory Bracken
  • The Western world as utopia? : Thames Town, Songjiang and new Chinese residential habits / Martin Minost
  • How does space have meaning? : A multifocal approach to Korean jimjilbang / Vera Marie Hälbig
  • Transforming the self in contemporary Korean Ki suryŏn : water, wood, and stone in two GiCheon DVDs / Victoria Ten
  • The relationship between architecture and ritual in the Hindu crematorium / Srivalli Pradeepthi Ikkurthy
  • New bodies in cities : contested technologies of the self in urban India / Rachana Johri
  • Family, everyday life, and the making-up of society : a case study in Yokohama's Chinatown / Wong Yee Lam Elim
  • Mental health scenario of Asian Americans : social and environmental determinants of their well-being and service utilization / Susheelabai R. Srinivasa and Sudershan Pasupuleti
  • 'Care of the self' and discipline in smart cities : sensors in Singapore / Joost Alleblas and Steven Dorrestijn.

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