Description |
1 online resource (274 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Contents |
The square -- The map -- The community -- Eternal return -- Authenticity -- Art market, market art |
Summary |
"The ancient Chinese understood the world as enchanted, its shapes revealing the mythological order of the universe. In the structure and detail of Tian'anmen Square, the authors reveal the city as a whole. In Beijing no pyramids stand as proud remnants of the past; instead, the entire city symbolizes a vibrant civilization. From Tian'anmen Square, we proceed to the neighborhoods for a glimpse of local color--from the granny and the young police officer to the rag picker and the flower vendor. Wandering from the avant-garde art market to the clock towers, from the Monumental Axis to Mao's Mausoleum, the book allows us to peer into the lives of Beijingers, the rules and rituals that govern their reality, and the mythologies that furnish their dreams. Deeply immersed in the culture, everyday and otherworldly, this anthropological tour, from ancient cosmology to Communist kitsch, allows us to see as never before how the people of Beijing--and China--work and live."-- Provided by publisher |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Michael Dutton is author of Streetlife China and the prize-winning Policing Chinese Politics; he is also Professor of Politics at Goldsmiths University of London. Hsiu-ju Stacy Lo is an independent scholar. Dong Dong Wu is an independent scholar |
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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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digitized 2020. HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Jian cha ri bao Peking Lian zheng zhou kan |
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74.21 geography of Asia.
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HISTORY -- Asia -- China.
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Travel
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Beijing (China) -- Description and travel
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Beijing (China) -- Description and travel.
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China -- Beijing
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Peking
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Beijing.
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Peking.
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Beijing -- Reseskildringar.
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Genre/Form |
Travel books (form)
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Lo, Hsiu-ju Stacy, 1983- author.
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Wu, Dong Dong, 1961- author.
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ISBN |
0674056299 |
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9780674056299 |
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