Society and Space: Colonialsim, Nationalism, and Postcolonial Identity in Sri Lanka by Nihal Perera - 1998

Routledge, London, 2016. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine Condition. Size: 8vo - over 7.75 - 9.75" tall. xiv + 246pp. Internally clean. Binding firm, spine slightly cocked. Edges browned slightly. Illustrated. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Architecture; Politics & Government. ISBN: 041572029X. ISBN/EAN: 9780415720298. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 32683. . 9780415720298

Paperback / softback. New. While there is no lack of studies on Asian cities, the majority focus on financial districts, poverty, the slum, tradition, tourism, and pollution, and use the modern, affluent, and transforming Western city as the reference point. This vast Asian empirical presence is not complemented by a theoretical presence; academic discourses overlook common and basic urban processes, particularly the production of space, place, and identity by ordinary citizens. Switching the vantage point to Asian cities and citizens, Transforming Asian Cities draws attention to how Asians produce their contemporary urban practices, identities, and spaces as part of resisting, responding to, and avoiding larger global and national processes. Instead of viewing Asian cities in opposition to the Western city and using it as the norm, this book instead opts to provincialize mainstream and traditional knowledge. It argues that the vast terrain of ordinary actors and spaces which are currently left… Read More

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