urban aesthetics in post-socialist China Visser, Robin 1962- creator text bibliography ncu Durham [NC] Duke University Press c2010 2010 monographic eng

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x, 362 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Designing the postsocialist city : urban planning and its discontents -- Theorizing the postsocialist city : cultural politics of urban aesthetics -- Performing the postsocialist city : Beijing identity in art, film, and fiction -- Consuming the postsocialist city : Shanghai identity in art, film, and fiction -- The melancholic urban subject : black snow, private life, breathing, and candy -- Postsocialist urban ethics : modernity and the morality of everyday life -- Conclusion: sustainable Chinese aesthetics. Robin Visser. Includes bibliographical references and index. Cities and towns China History 21st century City and town life China History 21st century Ciudades y pueblos China Historia HT 147 V834c 2010 307.760951/0905 9780822347095 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780822347286 (pbk. : alk. paper) 2009047828 091113 20230410120725.0 112295