Space Modernization and Social Interaction - A Comparative Study of Living Space in Beijing (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015)

This book concerns the Beijing Hutong and changing perceptions of space, of social relations and of self, as processes of urban redevelopment remove Hutong dwellers from their traditional homes to new high-rise apartments. It addresses questions of how space is humanly built and transformed, classified and differentiated, and most importantly how space is perceived and experienced. This study elaborates and expands Lefebvre's "trialectic" of space on a theoretical level. The ethnography presented is a conversation with Tim Ingold's argument about "empty space". This research employs the ethnographic technique of participant-observation to secure a finely textured, detailed and micro-social account of local experience. Then, these micro-social insights are contextualized within macro-social structures of Chinese modernism by speaking to geographical concerns, orientalism and history.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag
Country of origin:	Germany
Release date:	August 2016
First published:	2015
Authors:	Qingqing Yang
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 9mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	152
Edition:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015
ISBN-13:	978-3-662-51580-8
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Human geography > General Promotions
LSN:	3-662-51580-6
Barcode:	9783662515808

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