Cities surround the countryside : urban aesthetics in post-socialist China
Robin Visser.
Durham [NC] : Duke University Press, c2010.
"Denounced as parasitical under Chairman Mao and devalued by the norms of traditional Chinese ethics, the city now functions as a site of individual and collective identity in China. Cities envelop the countryside, not only geographically and demographically but also in terms of cultural impact. Robin Visser illuminates the cultural dynamics of three decades of radical urban development in China. Interpreting fiction, cinema, visual art, architecture, and urban design, she analyzes how the aesthetics of the urban environment have shaped the emotions and behavior of people and cultures, and how individual and collective images of and practices in the city have produced urban aesthetics. By relating the built environment to culture, Visser situates postsocialist Chinese urban aesthetics within local and global economic and intellectual trends." --
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Bibliographic Information
- Format:
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Book
- Subject:
- Cities and towns > China > History > 21st century.
- City and town life > China > History > 21st century.
- Aesthetics.
- Publication Year:
- 2010
- Language:
- English
- Published:
- Durham [NC]
- ISBN:
- 9780822347286
- Course:
- HIST350
A Global History of Cities - Bibliography:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [329]-350) and index.
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