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Architecture and the Landscape of Modernity in China before 1949 (Hardcover)
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Architecture and the Landscape of Modernity in China before 1949 (Hardcover)
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This book explores China's encounter with architecture and
modernity in the tumultuous epoch before Communism - an encounter
that was mediated not by a singular notion of modernism emanating
from the west, but that was uniquely multifarious, deriving from a
variety of sources both from the west and, importantly, from the
east. The heterogeneous origins of modernity in China are what make
its experience distinctive and its architectural encounters
exceptional. These experiences are investigated through a
re-evaluation of established knowledge of the subject within the
wider landscape of modern art practices in China. The study draws
on original archival and photographic material from different
artistic genres and, architecturally, concentrates on China's
engagement with the west through the treaty ports and leased
territories, the emergence of architecture as a profession in
China, and Japan's omnipresence, not least in Manchuria, which
reached its apogee in the puppet state of Manchukuo. The study's
geographically, temporally, and architecturally inclusive approach
framed by the concept of multiple modernities questions the
application of conventional theories of modernity or
post-colonialism to the Chinese situation. By challenging
conventional modernist historiography that has marginalised the
experiences of the west's other for much of the last century, this
book proposes different ways of grappling with and comprehending
the distinction and complexity of China's experiences and its
encounter with architectural modernity.
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