ASIAN ALTERITY: WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISM THROUGH THE LENS OF CULTURAL STUDIES by William S. W. Lim, William S. W. Lim ( 9789812707710 )

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ASIAN ALTERITY: WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISM THROUGH THE LENS OF CULTURAL STUDIES

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William S. W. Lim, William S. W. Lim

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9812707719

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9789812707710

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WORLD SCIENTIFIC PUBLISHING CO PTE LTD

Pub. date:

4 December, 2007

Pages:

320

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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.

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Asian Alterity is an interdisciplinary theoretical analysis that vigorously contests the homogeneity of the mainstream Eurocentric values. Part I argues for the need for an alternate perspective to be introduced so as to understand the diversity of Asia's cultural differences at their varied development stages and to meet the complex challenges of the explosive urban expansion and disruptive changes in traditional cultures and lifestyles.Part II of the book consists of nine case studies of Asian major urban cities by well-established academic writers and urban theorists. Each author presents diverse aspects of urban dynamism. The case studies will collectively demonstrate a broad framework to understand the essentiality of the interdisciplinary mode of Cultural Studies as an important lens towards meeting the challenges in Asian Architecture and Urbanism.Highlights of the book:

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Singapore

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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd

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