The consumption of Kuala Lumpur /
"Kuala Lumpur is the postmodern city writ large, a city that, within the short span of a decade, has been transformed from a sleepy capital into a technological marvel with a thriving, diverse and affluent cultural life. Using anecdotes, classic Malay myths and tales, and observations based on...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Reaktion,
2000.
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| Series: | Topographics.
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| Summary: | "Kuala Lumpur is the postmodern city writ large, a city that, within the short span of a decade, has been transformed from a sleepy capital into a technological marvel with a thriving, diverse and affluent cultural life. Using anecdotes, classic Malay myths and tales, and observations based on real and imaginary wanderings through the city, [the author] traces Kuala Lumpur's origins and charts the remarkable changes experienced by the city and its people, including the power struggle between Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and his ex-Duputy Anwar Ibrahim. [The author] shows how a collision of cultures (Malay, Chinese, Indian, indigenous, Western) has re-emerged in the form of a new synthesis, inducing both a degree of disorientation and a unique sense of energy and excitement"--Inside front flap. |
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| Physical Description: | 237 pages : illustrations (some color), facsimiles, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 1861890575 9781861890573 |