Walking between slums and skyscrapers : illusions of open space in Hong Kong, Tokyo, and Shanghai

Walking between slums and skyscrapers illusions of open space in Hong Kong, Tokyo, and Shanghai

The book is concerned with the effects of globalization on living space (i.e. the space of everyday life), focusing specifically on East Asian metropolises, such as Hong Kong, Tokyo, and Shanghai.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Huang, Tsung-yi Michelle (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press c2004.
Edición:1st ed
Materias:
City planning > China > Hong Kong.
City planning > Japan > Tokyo.
City planning > China > Shanghai.
Open spaces > Social aspects > China > Hong Kong.
Open spaces > Social aspects > Japan > Tokyo.
Open spaces > Social aspects > China > Shanghai.
Slums > China > Hong Kong.
Slums > Japan > Tokyo.
Slums > China > Shanghai.
Skyscrapers > China > Hong Kong.
Skyscrapers > Japan > Tokyo.
Skyscrapers > China > Shanghai.
Globalization > Social aspects > China > Hong Kong.
Globalization > Social aspects > Japan > Tokyo.
Globalization > Social aspects > China > Shanghai.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents; Acknoloedgements; Introduction; PART ONE Hong Kong Blue: Where Have All the Flaneurs Gone? Walking in Between EternalDual Compression; 1 Hong Kong: A Nodal Point of Dual Compression From British Empire Colony to Disney Kingdom Outpost; 2 Chungking Express: Walking With a Map of Desire in the Mirag e of the Global City; 3 Between Representations of Space and Representational Spaces: Flaneurie With the Camera's Eye; Part Two Bettwaso Gtobal Flows aod Carnal Fiows: Walking in Tokyo; 4 Mimesis: The Violence of Space; 5 From Mimesis to Mimicry: Memory, Subjectivity, and Space
  • PART THREE: Mirror, Mirror, On the Wall: Walking in Shanghai, A Global City in the M aking6 ""Build It and They Will Come"": Transformation of Pudong into a Copy of the Global City; 7 From Alley Houses to High-rises: What Happene d to the Lived Space?; 8 Sleeping Beauty Waking Up to a New World of Capital: Wang Anyi's Shanghai Stories; Coda; Bibliography; Notes; Index

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