Gated Communities in China
Class, Privilege and the Moral Politics of the Good Life
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ISBN-13:
9780415478106
Veröffentl:
2009
Erscheinungsdatum:
07.07.2009
Seiten:
224
Autor:
Choon-Piew Pow
Gewicht:
476 g
Format:
236x160x20 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
This book examines the nature and dynamics of gated communities within the specificities of reform Shanghai, a city that arguably has been at the forefront of China's new urban/consumer revolution.
1. Introduction: Gated Communities and the Lure of the Good Life 2. Making Middle-Class Spaces: Privilege, Territoriality and the Moral Geographies of Exclusion 3. Urban Reform, the New Middle-Class and the Emergence of Gated Communities in Shanghai 4. Imagineering Suburbia: Contested Representations of the Chinese Dream Home 5.Seeking Privacy and Seclusion: Private Property, Individualism and Neoliberal Subjectivities 6. Maintaining Order and Civility: Purified Spaces and the Paradox of Gated Living 7. Beyond the Gates: A Geographical-moral Critique 8. Conclusion
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