Asian Alterity: With Special Reference to Architectur + Urbanism Through the Lens of Cultural Studies / Case Studies of Asian Cities, Part II
by Lim, William S. W.; Lee, Andrew; Wui, Leong Teng; Lim, Linda; Ghee, Lim TeckFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2008-02-29
Publisher(s): World Scientific Pub Co Inc
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Summary
Employing the multi-disciplinary cultural studies as a theoritical platform, this book presents a uniue analysis of Asia's development and its architecture nd urbanism. The concept of "multiple modernities" is extensively examined to provide the foundationalunderstanding of Asian modernity today, which is firmly rooted in both its indigenous cultures and traditions as well as its contemporariness
Table of Contents
| Asian Alterity | |
| Note on Foreword Writers and Reviewers | |
| Forewords | |
| Introduction and the Rise of Asia | |
| Modernities | |
| Selected Cultural Studies | |
| Asian Architecture and Urbanism | |
| What Others Say | |
| Endnotes | |
| Works Cited | |
| Index | |
| Image Credits | |
| Case Studies of Asian Cities | |
| Introduction | |
| Comments on Workshop | |
| Bangkok: A City in Flux | |
| Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon): Before the Doorstep of Global Assimilation | |
| Hong Kong: City of Maximum Quantities | |
| Istanbul: Observations | |
| The Melbourne Case Study: The Consultant Arrives (And Sees) ... | |
| Seoul: Gangnam Alternative Nature - the Experience of Nature Without Parks | |
| Shanghai Assessed: Six Architectural Nodes of the City | |
| Singapore: In Search of Transparency | |
| Tokyo: An Urban Collage of Chaos Amidst Order | |
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