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-----Original Message----- From: J Armitage [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: 28 March 2003 08:30 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [CSL]: New Book: Postcolonial Urbanism [Hi folks, please see below for some information about a new Virilio/technologically influenced book entitled _Postcolonial Urbanism: Southeast Asian Cities and Global Processes_, edited by Ryan Bishop, John Phillips and Wei Wei Yeo. There is also a blurb by Bhaba, a synopsis and the contents etc. Joanne and I also have a chapter in it. We would be glad if people would circulate this information around the relevant postcolonial, geography and sociology e-lists. John & Joanne.] ======================================================= POSTCOLONIAL URBANISM: SOUTHEAST ASIAN CITIES AND GLOBAL PROCESSES. Edited by Ryan Bishop, John Phillips and Wei Wei Yeo. Routledge, New York and London, 2003. ISBN: 0-415-93250-5 (Paperback) "This remarkable collection of essays takes on the urgent task of defining the urban conditions and the ethical and political conditionalities of the global environment as they are manifested in the Southeast Asian city. Ryan Bishop, John Phillips, and Wei-Wei Yeo have done us a great service in gathering together a group of scholars who have refused the self-fulfilling prophecies of global rhetoric. They have attempted to explore both the costs and the benefits of the dense interconnections of a world that is a challenge to our imaginations and our aspirations. I congratulate the authors for bringing to life these crucial issues both within and beyond the academy."- Homi K. Bhabha, Anne F. Rothenberg Professor of English and American Literature, Harvard University _Synopsis_ A common assumption about cities throughout the world is that they are essentially an elaboration of the Euro-American model. This study demonstrates the narrowness of this vision. Cities in the postcolonial world, the book shows, are producing novel forms of urbanism not reducible to Western urbanism. Despite being heavily colonized in the past, Southeast Asia has been largely ignored in discussions about postcolonial theory in general considerations of global urbanism. An international cast of contributors focuses on the heavily urbanized world region of Southeast Asia to investigate the novel forms of urbanism germinating in postcolonial settings such as Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, Hanoi and the Philippines. Offering a mix of theoretical perspectives and empirical accounts, Postcolonial Urbanism presents a panoramic view of the cultures, societies and politics of the postcolonial city. =========================== Contents Acknowledgments 1. Perpetuating Cities: Excepting Globalization and the Southeast Asia Supplement Ryan Bishop, John Phillips, and Wei-Wei Yeo 2. Global Cities, Terror, and Tourism: The Ambivalent Allure of the Urban Jungle Kathleen M. Adams 3. The City as Target, or Perpetuation and Death Ryan Bishop and Gregory Clancey 4. From the Hypermodern City to the Gray Zone of Total Mobilization in the Philippines John Armitage and Joanne Roberts 5. Urban Space in the French Imperial Past and the Postcolonial Present Richard Derderian 6. City as Garden: Shared Space in the Urban Botanic Gardens of Singapore and Malaysia, 1786-2000 Emma Reisz 7. Gay Capitals in Global Gay History: Cities, Local Markets, and the Origins of Bangkok's Same-Sex Cultures Peter A. Jackson 8. Actually Existing Postcolonialisms: Colonial Urbanism and Architecture after the Postcolonial Turn Anthony D. King 9. Jakarta as a Site of Fragmegrative Tensions James N. Rosenau and Diane Wildsmith 10. Regionalism, English Narrative, and Singapore as Home and Global City Shirley Geok-lin Lim 11. Contemporary Cities with Colonial Pasts and Global Futures: Some Aspects of the Relations between Governance, Order, and Decent, Secure Life George E. Marcus and Angela Rivas Gamboa 12. City as Theatre: Singapore, State of Distraction Wei-Wei Yeo 13. Perpetual Returns. Vampires and the Ever-Colonized City Steve Pile 14. Benjamin's Arcades Project and the Postcolonial City Rajeev S. Patke 15. Deus ex Machina: Evangelical Sites, Urbanism, and the Construction of Social Identities Robbie B. H. Goh List of Contributors =============================== **************************************************************************** ******** Distributed through Cyber-Society-Live [CSL]: CSL is a moderated discussion list made up of people who are interested in the interdisciplinary academic study of Cyber Society in all its manifestations.To join the list please visit: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/cyber-society-live.html **************************************************************************** *********