Description |
311 p. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Introduction: the production of space in Singapore, Seoul, and Taipei -- Part I. Colonial cities: imagining the colonial city; orphans of Asia: modernity and colonial literature; export production and the blank slate -- Part II. Postwar urbanism: narratives of human growth versus urban renewal; the disappearing woman, interiority, and private space; roads, railways, and bridges: arteries of the nation -- Part III. Industrializing landscapes: the way ahead: the politics and poetics of Singapore's developmental landscape; mobility and migration in Taiwanese new cinema; the redemptive realism of Korean Minjung literature -- Conclusion. Too late, too soon: globalization and new Asian cities. |
Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
Subject |
East Asian fiction -- History and criticism.
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Cities and towns in literature.
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Urbanization in literature.
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Space in literature.
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Urbanization -- East Asia -- History.
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Cities and towns -- East Asia -- Growth -- History.
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Added Author |
ProQuest (Firm)
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ISBN |
9780816675722 (hc alk. paper) |
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9780816675739 (pbk. alk. paper) |
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9780816678792 (electronic bk.) |
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