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Author Dutton, Michael Robert, author.

Title Beijing time / Michael Dutton, Hsiu-ju Stacy Lo, Dong Dong Wu
Published Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2008
©2008

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Description 1 online resource (274 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents The square -- The map -- The community -- Eternal return -- Authenticity -- Art market, market art
Summary "The ancient Chinese understood the world as enchanted, its shapes revealing the mythological order of the universe. In the structure and detail of Tian'anmen Square, the authors reveal the city as a whole. In Beijing no pyramids stand as proud remnants of the past; instead, the entire city symbolizes a vibrant civilization. From Tian'anmen Square, we proceed to the neighborhoods for a glimpse of local color--from the granny and the young police officer to the rag picker and the flower vendor. Wandering from the avant-garde art market to the clock towers, from the Monumental Axis to Mao's Mausoleum, the book allows us to peer into the lives of Beijingers, the rules and rituals that govern their reality, and the mythologies that furnish their dreams. Deeply immersed in the culture, everyday and otherworldly, this anthropological tour, from ancient cosmology to Communist kitsch, allows us to see as never before how the people of Beijing--and China--work and live."-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Michael Dutton is author of Streetlife China and the prize-winning Policing Chinese Politics; he is also Professor of Politics at Goldsmiths University of London. Hsiu-ju Stacy Lo is an independent scholar. Dong Dong Wu is an independent scholar
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Print version record
SUBJECT Jian cha ri bao Peking Lian zheng zhou kan gnd
Subject 74.21 geography of Asia.
HISTORY -- Asia -- China.
Travel
SUBJECT Beijing (China) -- Description and travel
Subject Beijing (China) -- Description and travel.
China -- Beijing
Peking
Beijing.
Peking.
Beijing -- Reseskildringar.
Genre/Form Travel books (form)
Form Electronic book
Author Lo, Hsiu-ju Stacy, 1983- author.
Wu, Dong Dong, 1961- author.
ISBN 0674056299
9780674056299