Asian Alterity: With Special Reference To Architecture And Urbanism Through The Lens Of Cultural Studies

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Asian Alterity: With Special Reference To Architecture And Urbanism Through The Lens Of Cultural Studies is written by William Siew Wai Lim and published by World Scientific. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 9814475181 (ISBN 10) and 9789814475181 (ISBN 13).

Asian Alterity is an interdisciplinary theoretical analysis that vigorously contests the homogeneity of the mainstream Eurocentric values. Part I argues for the need for an alternate perspective to be introduced so as to understand the diversity of Asia's cultural differences at their varied development stages and to meet the complex challenges of the explosive urban expansion and disruptive changes in traditional cultures and lifestyles.Part II of the book consists of nine case studies of Asian major urban cities by well-established academic writers and urban theorists. Each author presents diverse aspects of urban dynamism. The case studies will collectively demonstrate a broad framework to understand the essentiality of the interdisciplinary mode of Cultural Studies as an important lens towards meeting the challenges in Asian Architecture and Urbanism.Highlights of the book: