Arts, Culture and the Making of Global Cities: Creating New Urban Landscapes in Asia

Publication Type

Book

Publication Date

3-2015

Abstract

While global cities have mostly been characterized as sites of intensive and extensive economic activity, the quest for global city status also increasingly rests on the creative production and consumption of culture and the arts. Arts, Culture and the Making of Global Cities examines such ambitions and projects undertaken in five major cities in Asia: Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Taipei and Singapore. Providing a thorough comparison of their urban imaging strategies and attempts to harness arts and culture, as well as more organically evolved arts activities and spaces, this book analyses the relative successes and failures of these cities. Offering rich ethnographic detail drawn from extensive fieldwork, the authors challenge city strategies and existing urban theories and reveal the many complexities in the art of city-making. © Lily Kong, Ching Chia-ho and Chou Tsu-Lung 2015. All rights reserved.

Discipline

Asian Studies | Sociology of Culture | Urban Studies

Research Areas

Humanities

First Page

1

Last Page

272

ISBN

9781849801768

Identifier

10.4337/9781784715847

Publisher

Edward Elgar

City or Country

Cheltenham

Additional URL

https://doi.org/10.4337/9781784715847

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