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1 online resource |
| Series |
Asian cities ; 14 |
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Asian cities (Amsterdam, Netherlands) ; 14.
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| Contents |
Introduction / Gregory Bracken -- The Western world as utopia? : Thames Town, Songjiang and new Chinese residential habits / Martin Minost -- How does space have meaning? : A multifocal approach to Korean jimjilbang / Vera Marie Hälbig -- Transforming the self in contemporary Korean Ki suryŏn : water, wood, and stone in two GiCheon DVDs / Victoria Ten -- The relationship between architecture and ritual in the Hindu crematorium / Srivalli Pradeepthi Ikkurthy -- New bodies in cities : contested technologies of the self in urban India / Rachana Johri -- Family, everyday life, and the making-up of society : a case study in Yokohama's Chinatown / Wong Yee Lam Elim -- Mental health scenario of Asian Americans : social and environmental determinants of their well-being and service utilization / Susheelabai R. Srinivasa and Sudershan Pasupuleti -- 'Care of the self' and discipline in smart cities : sensors in Singapore / Joost Alleblas and Steven Dorrestijn |
| Summary |
This collection of essays examines urban communities and societies in Asia and the West to shed much-needed light on issues that have emerged as the world experiences its new urban turn. An urbanized world should be an improving place, one that is better to live in, one where humans can flourish. This book examines contemporary practices of care of the self in cities in Asia and the West, including challenges to citizenship and even the right to the city itself. Written by a range of academics from different backgrounds (from architecture and urbanism, anthropology, social science, psychology, gender studies, history, and philosophy) their trans- and multidisciplinary approaches shed valuable light on what are sometimes quite old problems, leading to fresh perspectives and news ways of dealing with them. One thing that unites all of these papers is their people-centred approach, because, after all, a city is its people |
| Analysis |
Philosophy, Cities, Citizenship, Care, Becoming |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed May 12, 2020) |
| Subject |
Cities and towns -- Asia
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City and town life -- Asia
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Citizenship -- Asia
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Cities and towns.
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Citizenship.
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City and town life.
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Cities
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cities.
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Urban communities.
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Civil rights and citizenship.
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Urban and municipal planning.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- Urban.
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Cities and towns
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Citizenship
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City and town life
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Asia
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Bracken, Gregory, editor.
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| ISBN |
9789048535514 |
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9048535514 |
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