02642nam 2200637 a 450 991096922710332120250625233316.097866119186139781281918611128191861X97898127088099812708804(CKB)1000000000411064(StDuBDS)AH24684181(SSID)ssj0000106363(PQKBManifestationID)11127409(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000106363(PQKBWorkID)10108561(PQKB)11041417(WSP)00006486(MiAaPQ)EBC1681482(Perlego)848753(EXLCZ)99100000000041106420071022d2008 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrAsian alterity with special reference to architecture + urbanism through the lens of cultural studies /William S.W. Lim1st ed.Hackensack, N.J. World Scientificc20081 online resource (222, 96 p.) ill. (chiefly col.), col. mapsTwo books in one.9789812707710 9812707719 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cultural Studies and Asian A+U: Multiple Modernities and Contemporariness; Democracy, Human Rights and Social Justice; Postmodernity and the Avant Garde; Generic, Creative and Mastering; Sustainability and Affordability; Urban Land and Spatial Justice; Civil Society Organizations and Activism; Iconic System and the Poetics; Case Studies of Asian Cities: Bangkok; Ho Chi Minh City; Hong Kong; Tokyo; Melbourne; Shanghai; Singapore; Seoul.Presents an analysis of Asia's development and its architecture and urbanism. This book examines the concept of "multiple modernities" to provide the foundational understanding of Asian modernity, which is firmly rooted in both its indigenous cultures and traditions as well as its contemporariness.Architecture and societyAsiaUrbanizationAsiaCity and town lifeAsiaCross-cultural studiesCities and townsAsiaGrowthCase studiesArchitecture and societyUrbanizationCity and town lifeCities and townsGrowth720.95Lim William Siew Wai1932-20231828752MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910969227103321Asian alterity4398194UNINA