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A common assumption about cities throughout the world is tht they are essentially an elaboration of the Euro-American model. "Postcolonial Urbanism" demonstrates the narrowness of this vision. Cities in the postcolonial world, the book shows, are producing novel forms of urbanism not reducible to Western urbanism. Despite being heavily colonized in the past, Southeast Asia has been largely ignored in discussions about postcolonial theory and in general considerations of global urbanism. An international cast of contributors focuses on the heavily urbanized world region of Southeast Asia to investigate the novel forms of urbanism germinating in postcolonial settings such as Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, Hanoi, and the Philippines. Offering a mix of theoretical perspectives and empirical accounts, "Postcolonial Urbanism" presents a panoramic view of the cultures, societies, and politics of the postcolonial city.
"Featured in The Chronicle of Higher Education's New Scholarly Books section, May 2, 2003."
| Acknowledgments | |
| Perpetuating Cities: Excepting Globalization and the Southeast Asia Supplement | p. 1 |
| Global Cities, Terror, and Tourism: The Ambivalent Allure of the Urban Jungle | p. 37 |
| The City as Target, or Perpetuation and Death | p. 63 |
| From the Hypermodern City to the Gray Zone of Total Mobilization in the Philippines | p. 87 |
| Urban Space in the French Imperial Past and the Postcolonial Present | p. 105 |
| City as Garden: Shared Space in the Urban Botanic Gardens of Singapore and Malaysia, 1786-2000 | p. 123 |
| Gay Capitals in Global Gay History: Cities, Local Markets, and the Origins of Bangkok's Same-Sex Cultures | p. 151 |
| Actually Existing Postcolonialisms: Colonial Urbanism and Architecture after the Postcolonial Turn | p. 167 |
| Jakarta as a Site of Fragmegrative Tensions | p. 187 |
| Regionalism, English Narrative, and Singapore as Home and Global City | p. 205 |
| Contemporary Cities with Colonial Pasts and Global Futures: Some Aspects of the Relations between Governance, Order, and Decent, Secure Life | p. 227 |
| City as Theatre: Singapore, State of Distraction | p. 245 |
| Perpetual Returns: Vampires and the Ever-Colonized City | p. 265 |
| Benjamin's Arcades Project and the Postcolonial City | p. 287 |
| Deus ex Machina: Evangelical Sites, Urbanism, and the Construction of Social Identities | p. 305 |
| List of Contributors | p. 323 |
| Index | p. 327 |
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ISBN: 9780415932493
ISBN-10: 0415932491
Audience:
Professional
Format:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 336
Published: 1st May 2003
Country of Publication: GB
Dimensions (cm): 24.13 x 15.34
x 2.44
Weight (kg): 0.57
Edition Number: 1
