Taipei

City of Displacements

By: Joseph R. Allen

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Paperback | 11 November 2011

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298 Pages

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Winner of the Joseph Levenson Post-1900 Book Prize

This cultural study of public space examines the cityscape of Taipei, Taiwan, in rich descriptive prose. Contemplating a series of seemingly banal subjects--maps, public art, parks--Joseph Allen peels back layers of obscured history to reveal forces that caused cultural objects to be celebrated, despised, destroyed, or transformed as Taipei experienced successive regime changes and waves of displacement. In this thoughtful stroll through the city, we learn to look beyond surface ephemera, moving from the general to the particular to see sociocultural phenomena in their historical and contemporary contexts.

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"Through the prism of Taipei's development, Allen masterfully covers many aspects of visual culture in Taiwan during the past century. The book details cultural debates with insight and draws on many visual forms. Taipei is bound to become a prime source on Taiwan culture." Yomi Braester, author of Painting the City Red: Chinese Cinema and the Urban Contract

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Published: 11th November 2011

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Preface	p. ix
Note to Readers	p. xv
Prologue	p. 3
Mapping the City	p. 17
Picturing the City	p. 41
Traffic in the City	p. 68
A Park in the City	p. 91
Display in the City	p. 112
Statues in the City	p. 136
A Horse in a Park in a City on an Island in the Sea	p. 159
Postface: Theoretical Considerations	p. 181
Notes	p. 199
Chinese and Japanese Glossary	p. 234
Works Cited	p. 248
Index	p. 267
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