Chinese Urban Shi-nema - Cinematicity, Society and Millennial China (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)

This book dives into the mise-en-scene of contemporary China to explore the "becoming cinema" of Chinese cities, societies, and subjectivities. Set in the wake of China's radical and rapid period of urbanization and infrastructural transformation, and situating itself in the processual city of Ningbo, the book combines empirical, ficto-critical, and philosophical methods to generate a dynamic account of everyday life as new forms of consumer culture bed in. Harnessing a Realist approach that allows for different scales of analysis, the book zooms in on five architectural assemblages including: surreal real estate showrooms; a fragmented history museum; China's "first and best" Sino-foreign university; a new "Old town"; and weird gamified "any-now(here)-spaces." Together these modern arrangements and machines for living cast light upon the broader picture sweeping up greater China.

General

Imprint:	Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Release date:	December 2020
First published:	2020
Authors:	David H Fleming • Simon Harrison
Dimensions:	210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	235
Edition:	1st ed. 2020
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-049674-6
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Earth & environment > Regional & area planning > Urban & municipal planning > General Promotions
LSN:	3-03-049674-0
Barcode:	9783030496746

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