| Descript |
xi, 213 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| Note |
"This volume represents a selection of papers first presented at an international conference on the City as Text: Urban Topographies and Critical Interventions, in September 1999"--P. vii |
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Urbanism and post-colonial nationalities : theorizing the Southeast Asian city / Robbie B.H. Goh and Brenda S.A. Yeoh -- Reading the Southeast Asian city in the context of rapid economic growth / Tay Kheng Soon with Robbie B.H. Goh -- "The rise of Merlion" : Monument and Myth in the making of the Singapore story / Brenda S.A. Yeoh and T.C. Chang -- Things to a void : utopian discourse, communality and constructed interstices in Singapore public housing / Robbie B.H. Goh -- Selective disclosure : romancing the Singapore river / Shirlena Huang and T.C. Chang -- Malaysia's High-Tech cities and the construction of intelligent citizenship / Tim Bunnell -- Museum/city/nation : negotiating identities in urban museums in Indonesia and Singapore / Kathleen M. Adams -- The urban and the urbane : modernization, modernism and the rebirth of Singaporean cinema / anthony R. Guneratne -- Benjamin in bombay ? an Asian extrapolation / Rajeev Patke |
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Includes bibliographcial references |
| Subject |
Urbanization -- Asia, Southeastern -- Congresses
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Metropolitan areas -- Asia, Southeastern -- Congresses
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Public spaces -- Asia, Southeastern -- Congresses
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City and town life -- Asia, Southeastern -- Congresses
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Asia, Southeastern -- Social conditions -- Congresses
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| Alt Author |
Goh, Robbie B. H., 1964-
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Yeoh, Brenda S. A.
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