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Cities surround the countryside : urban aesthetics in post-socialist China / Robin Visser.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Visser, Robin, 1962-
- Series:
- e-Duke books scholarly collection.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cities and towns--China--History--21st century.
- Cities and towns.
- City and town life--China--History--21st century.
- City and town life.
- Aesthetics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (375 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Durham : Duke University Press, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613036766
- 9781283036764
- 1283036762
- 9780822392774
- 0822392771
- OCLC:
- 636959164
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