Postcolonial urbanism : Southeast Asian cities and global processes / edited by Ryan Bishop, John Phillips, Wei-Wei Yeo.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bishop, Ryan, 1959-

Phillips, John.

Yeo, Wei-Wei.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Urbanization--Southeast Asia.

Urbanization.

Cities and towns.

Southeast Asia.

Cities and towns--Southeast Asia.

Globalization.

Physical Description:

v, 335 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2003.

Summary:

A common assumption about cities throughout the world is that they are essentially homogeneous and based on Euro-American models. However, cities in the postcolonial world are producing novel forms of urbanism -- shaped by historical, geopolitical, technological, and economic circumstance -- that are not reducible to Western models. Despite being heavily colonized in the past, Southeast Asia has been largely ignored in discussions about postcolonial theory and, in general, considerations of global urbanism. Postcolonial Urbanism, the first interdisciplinary approach to treat Southeast Asia within the theoretical frameworks of postcolonialism and global urbanism simultaneously, gathers an international cast of contributors -- including George Marcus, Anthony King, Shirley Lim, James Rosenau, and John Armitage -- to investigate regionally specific forms of urbanism germinating in settings such as Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, Vietnam, and the Philippines. Offering a mix of theoretical perspectives and empirical accounts, Postcolonial Urbanism presents a panoramic view of the cultures, societies, and politics of the postcolonial city, with implications for the study of urbanization the world over.

Contents:

Perpetuating cities : excepting globalization and the Southeast Asia supplement / Ryan Bishop, John Phillips, and Wei-Wei Yeo

Global cities, terror, and tourism : the ambivalent allure of the urban jungle / Kathleen M. Adams

The city as target, or perpetuation and death / Ryan Bishop and Gregory Clancey

From the hypermodern city to the gray zone of total mobilization in the Philippines / John Armitage and Joanne Roberts

Urban space in the French imperial past and the postcolonial present / Richard Derderian

City as garden : shared space in the urban botanic gardens of Singapore and Malaysia, 1786-2000 / Emma Reisz

Gay capitals in global gay history : cities, local markets, and the origins of Bangkok's same-sex cultures / Peter A. Jackson

Actually existing postcolonialisms : colonial urbanism and architecture after the postcolonial turn / Anthony D. King

Jakarta as a site of fragmegrative tensions / James N. Rosenau and Diane Wildsmith

Regionalism, English narrative, and Singapore as home and global city / Shirley Geok-lin Lim

Contemporary cities with colonial pasts and global futures : some aspects of the relations between governance, order, and decent, secure life / George E. Marcus and Angela Rivas Gamboa

City as theatre : Singapore, state of distraction / Wei-Wei Yeo

Perpetual returns : vampires and the ever-colonized city / Steve Pile

Benjamin's arcades project and the postcolonial city / Rajeev S. Patke

Deus ex machina : evangelical sites, urbanism, and the construction of social identities / Robbie B.H. Goh.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0415932491

0415932505

OCLC:

50516361