Chinese urbanism : critical perspectives /
edited by Mark Jayne.
- 1 online resource (280 pages) : 98 illustrations
chapter 1 An introduction to critical perspectives on Chinese urbanism / part Part I Space and place -- chapter 2 Towards critical urbanism: urban public space in modern China / chapter 3 Urbanism as a state project: lessons from Beijing’s Green Belt / chapter 4 Nature, housing and everyday life in Chinese cities / part Part II Identity, lifestyle and forms of sociability -- chapter 5 Encountering strangers: prostitution and urban life in Dongguan, China / chapter 6 Greening the Chinese city: young people, environmental activism and ChinaNet / chapter 7 Interstitial spaces of caring and community: commodification, modernisation and the dislocations of everyday practice within Beijing’s hutong neighbourhoods / part Part III Consumption and urban cultures -- chapter 8 Tasting, savouring, signalling: articulating the luxury brand experience in Chinese cities / chapter 9 Food, alcohol and the ‘ideal’ home in urban China / chapter 10 Pop-up urbanism: selling Old Beijing to the creative class / part Part IV (Im)mobilities and materialities -- chapter 11 Urban cross-border mobilities: geopolitical encounters and bordering practices of ‘Taiwanese compatriots’ in China / chapter 12 Contested (im)mobilities and rhythms of Chinese cities: urban transformation and ‘slow life’ in Sanya / chapter 13 Chinese urban informality and migrant workers’ negotiation of work/life balance / part Part V Bodies, emotions and atmospheres -- chapter 14 Embodying Chinese urbanism / chapter 15 Noisy cities / chapter 16 Creativity and Chinese urbanism: the moral atmosphere of Lishui Barbizon / chapter 17 Afterword: critical Chinese urbanism for the twenty-first century / Mark Jayne -- Junxi Qian -- Hyun Bang Shin -- Junfang Xie -- Xiaomei Cai -- Alison Hulme -- Melissa Y. Rock -- Annamma Joy, John F. Sherry, Jr. and Jeff Jianfeng Wang -- Chen Liu -- Amy Yueming Zhang -- J. J. Zhang -- Jingfu Chen -- Gengzhi Huang -- Mark Jayne -- Jie Zhang -- Jun Wang -- Mark Jayne.
This book provides a definitive overview of contemporary developments in our understanding of urban life in China. Multidisciplinary perspectives outline the most significant critical, theoretical, methodological and empirical developments in our appreciation of Chinese cities in the context of an increasingly globalized world. Each chapter includes reviews and appraisals of past and current theoretical development and embarks on innovative theoretical directions relating to Marxist, feminist, post-structural, post-colonial and ‘more-than-representational’ thinking. The book provides an in-depth insight into urban change and considers in what ways theoretical engagement with Chinese cities contributes to our understanding of ‘global urbanism’.Chapters explorehow new critical perspectives on economic, political, social, spatial, emotional, embodied and affective practices add value to our understanding of urban life in, and beyond, China.
9781315505855
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography.
City and town life--China.
City and town life.
Sociology, Urban--China.
Sociology, Urban.
Urbanization--China.
Urbanization.
HT147.C48
307.760951
chapter 1 An introduction to critical perspectives on Chinese urbanism / part Part I Space and place -- chapter 2 Towards critical urbanism: urban public space in modern China / chapter 3 Urbanism as a state project: lessons from Beijing’s Green Belt / chapter 4 Nature, housing and everyday life in Chinese cities / part Part II Identity, lifestyle and forms of sociability -- chapter 5 Encountering strangers: prostitution and urban life in Dongguan, China / chapter 6 Greening the Chinese city: young people, environmental activism and ChinaNet / chapter 7 Interstitial spaces of caring and community: commodification, modernisation and the dislocations of everyday practice within Beijing’s hutong neighbourhoods / part Part III Consumption and urban cultures -- chapter 8 Tasting, savouring, signalling: articulating the luxury brand experience in Chinese cities / chapter 9 Food, alcohol and the ‘ideal’ home in urban China / chapter 10 Pop-up urbanism: selling Old Beijing to the creative class / part Part IV (Im)mobilities and materialities -- chapter 11 Urban cross-border mobilities: geopolitical encounters and bordering practices of ‘Taiwanese compatriots’ in China / chapter 12 Contested (im)mobilities and rhythms of Chinese cities: urban transformation and ‘slow life’ in Sanya / chapter 13 Chinese urban informality and migrant workers’ negotiation of work/life balance / part Part V Bodies, emotions and atmospheres -- chapter 14 Embodying Chinese urbanism / chapter 15 Noisy cities / chapter 16 Creativity and Chinese urbanism: the moral atmosphere of Lishui Barbizon / chapter 17 Afterword: critical Chinese urbanism for the twenty-first century / Mark Jayne -- Junxi Qian -- Hyun Bang Shin -- Junfang Xie -- Xiaomei Cai -- Alison Hulme -- Melissa Y. Rock -- Annamma Joy, John F. Sherry, Jr. and Jeff Jianfeng Wang -- Chen Liu -- Amy Yueming Zhang -- J. J. Zhang -- Jingfu Chen -- Gengzhi Huang -- Mark Jayne -- Jie Zhang -- Jun Wang -- Mark Jayne.
This book provides a definitive overview of contemporary developments in our understanding of urban life in China. Multidisciplinary perspectives outline the most significant critical, theoretical, methodological and empirical developments in our appreciation of Chinese cities in the context of an increasingly globalized world. Each chapter includes reviews and appraisals of past and current theoretical development and embarks on innovative theoretical directions relating to Marxist, feminist, post-structural, post-colonial and ‘more-than-representational’ thinking. The book provides an in-depth insight into urban change and considers in what ways theoretical engagement with Chinese cities contributes to our understanding of ‘global urbanism’.Chapters explorehow new critical perspectives on economic, political, social, spatial, emotional, embodied and affective practices add value to our understanding of urban life in, and beyond, China.
9781315505855
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography.
City and town life--China.
City and town life.
Sociology, Urban--China.
Sociology, Urban.
Urbanization--China.
Urbanization.
HT147.C48
307.760951