Space Modernization and Social Interaction A Comparative Study of Living Space in Beijing /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Yang, Qingqing (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Θέματα: Social sciences.; Anthropology.; Sociology.; Human geography.; Social Sciences.; Sociology, general.; Human Geography.

This book concerns the Beijing Hutong and changing perceptions of space, of social relations and of self, as processes of urban redevelopment remove Hutong dwellers from their traditional homes to new high-rise apartments. It addresses questions of how space is humanly built and transformed, classif...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Dramatis Personae: The main characters met in the book
• Introduction
• Chapter 1 ‘Trembling in another’s fulfillment’: The space of the Hutong and its significance to Mr. Yang
• Chapter 2  ‘Peace in the noise’: Harmony, Face and Reciprocity in Hutong spaces.- Chapter 3 ‘Enter the Solemnity’: Social Space in the High-rise Apartment.- Chapter 4 ‘Things Have Been Socialised’: The Variable Allocations of Value in the City.- Chapter 5 ‘Out of Space, Out of Speech’: The Relationship Between Language and Space in the City.- Chapter 6 ‘Soft and Hard, Bendy and Fixed, Vase and Funnel’: The Experience and Conceptualization of Living Space in the City.- Chapter 7 ‘Urbanised by Specialised’: The Decrease in ‘Overlapping Space’ in the City.- Conclusion.- Bibliography.