Description |
1 online resource (x, 171 pages) : illustrations |
Series |
UPCC book collections on Project MUSE
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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 |
Summary |
"This 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. Globalization has given rise to accessible catch-phrases such as the 'global village' and 'this is a small world'. In each part of the book the author juxtaposes a 'social' account of the city's urban space as it has been reshaped by the process of globalization with a 'private' account of the urban landscape as experienced by its walkers (as represented in the films of Wong Kar-wai and Shinya Tsukamoto and the novels of Wang Anyi). Rather than rest here, the author wishes to show that for many of the inhabitants of the new global city, the 'shrinking world' phenomenon is deeply literal : the 'lived' space of everyday life is shrinking to make room for rezoning, construction of new infrastructures, and space modification - all in the name of urban development"--Back cover |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-145) and index |
Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
In |
HKU Press digital editions |
Subject |
City planning -- China -- Hong Kong
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City planning -- Japan -- Tokyo
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City planning -- China -- Shanghai
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Open spaces -- Social aspects -- China -- Hong Kong
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Open spaces -- Social aspects -- Japan -- Tokyo
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Open spaces -- Social aspects -- China -- Shanghai
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Slums -- China -- Hong Kong
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Slums -- Japan -- Tokyo
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Slums -- China -- Shanghai
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Skyscrapers -- China -- Hong Kong
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Skyscrapers -- Japan -- Tokyo
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Skyscrapers -- China -- Shanghai
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Globalization -- Social aspects -- China -- Hong Kong
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Globalization -- Social aspects -- Japan -- Tokyo
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Globalization -- Social aspects -- China -- Shanghai
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City planning.
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Cities and towns -- China -- Shanghai -- Growth
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City and town life -- China -- Shanghai
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Cities and towns -- Japan -- Tokyo -- Growth
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City and town life -- Japan -- Tokyo
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Regional Planning.
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City and town life
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Cities and towns -- Growth
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City planning
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Globalization -- Social aspects
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Open spaces -- Social aspects
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Skyscrapers
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Slums
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China -- Hong Kong
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China -- Shanghai
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Japan -- Tokyo
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Form |
Electronic book
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LC no. |
2008555469 |
ISBN |
9789882203068 |
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988220306X |