Contemporary practices of citizenship in Asia and the West : Care of the self / Gregory Bracken.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bracken, Gregory, editor.

Series:

Asian cities (Amsterdam, Netherlands) ; 14.

Asian cities ; 14

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Citizenship--Western countries.

Citizenship.

City and town life--Western countries.

City and town life.

Cities and towns--Western countries.

Cities and towns.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (217 pages.)

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam, Netherlands : Amsterdam University Press, 2020.

Summary:

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 better to live in, one where humans can flourish. This collection of essays examines contemporary practices of care of the self in cities in Asia and the West, including challenges to citizenship and even the right to the city itself. Written by a range of academics from different backgrounds (from architecture and urbanism, anthropology, social science, psychology, gender studies, history, and philosophy), their trans- and multidisciplinary approaches shed valuable light on what are sometimes quite old problems, leading to fresh perspectives and new ways of dealing with them. One thing that unites all of these papers is their people-centred approach, because, after all, a city is its people.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-003-69318-0

90-485-3551-4

9781003693185

OCLC:

1175275362