Heteroglossic Asia: The Transformation of Urban Taiwan, 1st Edition

Heteroglossic Asia presents an analysis of geographic, historical, cultural, economic, spatial and political factors underlying Taiwan’s maritime urbanity by means of case studies based on Taipei and Kaohsiung; two cities which represent the multi-accentual character of Taiwan’s urban environment and its recent changes and development through architecture. Focussing on the concept of a heteroglossic Asia Pacific, exemplified by the analysis of Taiwan’s urban transformation, the study argues that Taiwan’s urban environment shows a form of intended "fuzziness" which cannot be described as resting on either a simplified nationalist base or chaotic societal anxiety. Rather, this form lies between binary poles: autocracy and democracy, nation state and day-to-day life, top-down and bottom-up orientations, orthodoxy and hybridisation.\nHeteroglossic Asia: The Transformation of Urban Taiwan 1st Edition is written by Francis Chia-Hui Lin and published by Routledge. ISBNs for Heteroglossic Asia are 9781317626374, 1317626370 and the print ISBNs are 9781138800939, 1138800937. Additional ISBNs include 9781138217003, 9781317626367, 9781317626381, 9781315755199, 9781322604282.