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A 108-meter high Eiffel Tower rises above Champs Elysées Square in Hangzhou. A Chengdu residential complex for 200,000 r
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Table of contents :
CONTENTS
FOREWORD
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
1 INTO “THE LAND OF COURTLY ENJOYMENTS” :An Introduction to China’s Architectural Mimicry
2 THE FASCINATION WITH FAUX: Philosophical and Theoretical Drivers of Architectural Reproduction in China
3. MANIFESTATIONS OF WESTERNIZATION : The Anatomy of China’s Simulacrascapes
4. Simulacra and the Sino-Psyche: Understanding the Chinese Motivation for Replicating the Alien
5. Residential Revolution: Inside the Twenty-fi rst Century Chinese Dream
Conclusion: From Imitation to Innovation?
Notes
Bibliography
Index
CONTENTS
FOREWORD
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
1 INTO “THE LAND OF COURTLY ENJOYMENTS” :An Introduction to China’s Architectural Mimicry
2 THE FASCINATION WITH FAUX: Philosophical and Theoretical Drivers of Architectural Reproduction in China
3. MANIFESTATIONS OF WESTERNIZATION : The Anatomy of China’s Simulacrascapes
4. Simulacra and the Sino-Psyche: Understanding the Chinese Motivation for Replicating the Alien
5. Residential Revolution: Inside the Twenty-fi rst Century Chinese Dream
Conclusion: From Imitation to Innovation?
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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- Bianca Bosker (editor)
- Ronald G. Knapp (editor)
- Xing Ruan (editor)
