Consumption of Kuala Lumpur

Informationen zum Autor Ziauddin Sardar is a writer! broadcaster and cultural critic. The author and editor of numerous books! he is Visiting Professor of Postcolonial Studies at The City University! London! and contributes regularly to the "New Statesman." Klappentext Kuala Lumpur is the postmodern city writ large! a city that! within the short span of a decade! has been transformed from a sleepy capital into a technological marvel with a thriving! diverse and affluent cultural life. Using anecdotes! classic Malay myths and tales! and observations based on real and imaginary wanderings through the city! Ziauddin Sardar traces Kuala Lumpur's origins and charts the remarkable changes experienced by the city and its people! including both the recent economic crisis and the vicious power struggle between Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and his ex-Deputy Anwar Ibrahim. Sardar shows how a collision of cultures (Malay! Chinese! Indian! indigenous! Western) has developed and re-emerged in the form of a new synthesis! inducing both a degree of disorientation and a unique sense of energy and excitement. Zusammenfassung Kuala Lumpur is the postmodern city writ large! a city that has been transformed from a sleepy capital into a technological marvel with a thriving and affluent cultural life. In this book! the author traces Kuala Lumpur's origins and charts the changes experienced by the city and its people.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Ziaud Sardar, Ziauddin Sardar
• Editore: Reaktion Books
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781861890573
• ISBN: 978-1-86189-057-3
• Pagine: 280
• Serie: Topographics; Topographics
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Opere generiche, enciclopedie