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Original copies : architectural mimicry in contemporary China / Bianca Bosker ; with a foreword by Jerome Silbergeld.

Author/creator Bosker, Bianca
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoHonolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, ©2013.
Descriptionxii, 191 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
Subject(s)
Architecture--China --Themes, motives.
Architecture--China --Western influences.
Architecture--China --History --20th century.
Architecture--China --History --21st century.
Series Spatial habitus
Spatial habitus (Series) ^A610578
Contents Into "the land of courtly enjoyments" : an introduction to China's architectural mimicry -- The fascination with faux : philosophical and theoretical drivers of architectural reproduction in China -- Manifestations of westernization : the anatomy of China's simulacrascapes -- Simulacra and the Sino-psyche : understanding the Chinese motivation for replicating the alien -- Residential revolution : inside the twenty-first century Chinese dream.
General note"Published in China by Hong Kong University Press."
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p.147-153) and index.
LCCN 2012017567
ISBN9780824836061 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0824836065 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9789888139149
ISBN9888139142

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