Chinatown Unbound - Trans-Asian Urbanism in the Age of China

This book provides a timely and much-needed paradigm shift in our understanding of Chinatown, through an in-depth case study of Sydney's Chinatown.

List of contents

1. Introduction: Chinatown Unbound

2. Chinatown in Australia's Asian Century: From Enclave to Global Hub

3. Building Chinatown: Commercial Vernaculars, Urban Governance and Asian Spatial Templates

4. China's Town? Chinatown's Shifting Demography

5. Towards 'Asia-Town'? Chinatown's Cultural Diversity

6. Doing Business in Chinatown: Beyond the 'Ethnic Sub-Economy'

7. Branding Chinatown: From Flexible Chineseness to Multi-Asianness

8. Consuming Chinatown: The Rise of a Trans-Asian Urban Youth Culture

9. Curating Chinatown: Public Art beyond Orientalism

10. Conclusion: Chinatown's Future and the Prefiguration of an Australian Trans-Asian Metropolis

About the author

By Kay Anderson; Ien Ang; Andrea Del Bono; Donald McNeill and Alexandra Wong

Summary

This book provides a timely and much-needed paradigm shift in our understanding of Chinatown, through an in-depth case study of Sydney's Chinatown.

Product details

• Authors: Kay Anderson, Kay Ang Anderson, Ien Ang, Ang Ien, Andrea Del Bono, Donald Mcneill, McNeill Donald, Alexandra Wong
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2021
• EAN: 9781538147894
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-4789-4
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Sydney, Australia, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, Urban & municipal planning, Urban communities, Urban and municipal planning and policy, Asia-Pacific;Cultural Studies;Human Geography;Urban Studies