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6. Tuning Urban China
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter 1
- Table of Contents 7
- Acknowledgements 9
- Introduction Imagining Chinese Cities 11
- 1. Speed and Spectacle in Chinese Cities 21
- 2. Planned Demi-monde and its Aestheticisation in Singapore 27
- 3. Coming of Age in RMB City 43
- 4. The Architecture of Utopia: From Rem Koolhaas’ Scale Models to RMB City 61
- 5. Imagining a Disappearing and Reappearing Chinese City 77
- 6. Tuning Urban China 97
- 7. The City’s (Dis)appearance in Propaganda 121
- 8. Claiming the Past, Presenting the Present, Selling the Future: Imagining a New Beijing, Great Olympics 135
- 9. Shanghai in Film and Literature: The Danger of Nostalgia 157
- 10. Nostalgia, Place, and Making Peace with Modernity in East Asia 171
- 11. Femme Fatales and Male Narcissists: Shanghai Spectacle Narrated, Packaged and Sold 191
- 12. City Regeneration and Its Opposition 211
- 13. Law, Embodiment, and the Case of ‘Harbourcide’ 227
- Contributors 243
- Index 247
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter 1
- Table of Contents 7
- Acknowledgements 9
- Introduction Imagining Chinese Cities 11
- 1. Speed and Spectacle in Chinese Cities 21
- 2. Planned Demi-monde and its Aestheticisation in Singapore 27
- 3. Coming of Age in RMB City 43
- 4. The Architecture of Utopia: From Rem Koolhaas’ Scale Models to RMB City 61
- 5. Imagining a Disappearing and Reappearing Chinese City 77
- 6. Tuning Urban China 97
- 7. The City’s (Dis)appearance in Propaganda 121
- 8. Claiming the Past, Presenting the Present, Selling the Future: Imagining a New Beijing, Great Olympics 135
- 9. Shanghai in Film and Literature: The Danger of Nostalgia 157
- 10. Nostalgia, Place, and Making Peace with Modernity in East Asia 171
- 11. Femme Fatales and Male Narcissists: Shanghai Spectacle Narrated, Packaged and Sold 191
- 12. City Regeneration and Its Opposition 211
- 13. Law, Embodiment, and the Case of ‘Harbourcide’ 227
- Contributors 243
- Index 247