Taipei

City of Displacements

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Cultural Studies, Minority Studies, History, Asian, China
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Author: Joseph R. Allen ISBN: 9780295804262
Publisher: University of Washington Press Publication: August 1, 2012
Imprint: University of Washington Press Language: English
Author: Joseph R. Allen
ISBN: 9780295804262
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Publication: August 1, 2012
Imprint: University of Washington Press
Language: English

Winner of the Joseph Levenson Post-1900 Book Prize

This cultural study of public space examines the cityscape of Taipei, Taiwan, in rich descriptive prose. Contemplating a series of seemingly banal subjects--maps, public art, parks--Joseph Allen peels back layers of obscured history to reveal forces that caused cultural objects to be celebrated, despised, destroyed, or transformed as Taipei experienced successive regime changes and waves of displacement. In this thoughtful stroll through the city, we learn to look beyond surface ephemera, moving from the general to the particular to see sociocultural phenomena in their historical and contemporary contexts.

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Winner of the Joseph Levenson Post-1900 Book Prize

This cultural study of public space examines the cityscape of Taipei, Taiwan, in rich descriptive prose. Contemplating a series of seemingly banal subjects--maps, public art, parks--Joseph Allen peels back layers of obscured history to reveal forces that caused cultural objects to be celebrated, despised, destroyed, or transformed as Taipei experienced successive regime changes and waves of displacement. In this thoughtful stroll through the city, we learn to look beyond surface ephemera, moving from the general to the particular to see sociocultural phenomena in their historical and contemporary contexts.

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