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

Asian Alterity is an interdisciplinary theoretical analysis that vigorously contests the homogeneity of the mainstream Eurocentric values.\n\nPart 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:Asian Alterity: With Special Reference To Architecture And Urbanism Through The Lens Of Cultural Studies is written by Lim William Siew Wai and published by World Scientific. ISBNs for Asian Alterity: With Special Reference To Architecture And Urbanism Through The Lens Of Cultural Studies are 9789812708809, 9812708804 and the print ISBNs are 9789812707710, 9812707719.