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Cities surround the countryside : urban aesthetics in postsocialist China /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Visser, Robin, 1962-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Durham [N.C.] : Duke University Press, 2010.
Subjects:
Cities and towns > China > History > 21st century.
City and town life > China > History > 21st century.
Aesthetics.
Table of Contents:
  • Designing the postsocialist city : urban planning and its discontents
  • Theorizing the postsocialist city : cultural politics of urban aesthetics
  • Performing the postsocialist city : Beijing identity in art, film, and fiction
  • Consuming the postsocialist city : Shanghai identity in art, film, and fiction
  • The melancholic urban subject : black snow, private life, breathing, and candy
  • Postsocialist urban ethics : modernity and the morality of everyday life
  • Conclusion: sustainable Chinese aesthetics.