The New Asian City: Three-Dimensional Fictions of Space and Urban Form By Jini

The New Asian CityThree-Dimensional Fictions of Space and Urban Form\nAuthor(s): Jini Kim Watson\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Minnesota Press, United States\nImprint: University of Minnesota Press\nISBN-13: 9780816675739, 978-0816675739\nSynopsis\nUnder Jini Kim Watsons scrutiny, the Asian Tiger metropolises of Seoul, Taipei, and Singapore reveal a surprising residue of the colonial environment. Drawing on a wide array of literary, filmic, and political works, and juxtaposing close readings of the built environment, Watson demonstrates how processes of migration and construction in the hypergrowth urbanscapes of the Pacific Rim crystallize the psychic and political dramas of their colonized past and globalized present.\n\nExamining how newly constructed spaces-including expressways, high-rises, factory zones, department stores, and government buildings-become figured within fictional and political texts uncovers how massive transformations of citizenries and cities we.