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Modernity, Nation and Urban-Architectural Form The Dynamics and Dialectics of National Identity vs Regionalism in a Tropical City

This book explores how Malaysia, as a multicultural modern nation, has approached issues of nationalism and regionalism in terms of physical expression of the built environment. Ever since the nation’s post-Colonial era, architects and policy makers have grappled with the theoretical and practical o...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Jahn Kassim, Shireen (Editor), Mohd Nawawi, Norwina (Editor), Ibrahim, Mansor (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Palgrave Macmillan 2018, 2018
Edition:1st ed. 2018
Subjects:
Sociology, Urban
Ethnology / Asia
Culture
Human Geography
Architecture
Asian Culture
Cities, Countries, Regions
Urban Sociology
Online Access:
Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1 Definitions
  • Chapter 2 The Mosque in a Multicultural Context - Modernity, Hybridity and Eclectism
  • Chapter 3 Public Buildings of Early Independence – Conflations of Regionalism and National Identity
  • Chapter 4 Monumentalising the Vernacular – Criticality, Kitsch and Identity of the City; With Noorhanita Abdul Majid
  • Chapter 5 Regionalism in University Buildings - Tectonics, Form And Criticality
  • Chapter 6 Tropical Urbanism - Greenery and Walkways in Mediating Identities; With Norzalina Harun and Alias Abdullah
  • Chapter 7 Between Criticality and Pastiche - The Putrajaya Boulevard
  • Chapter 8 Criticality, Symbolic Capital and the Highrise Form
  • Chapter 9 The Transport Terminal – Marking National Landmarks
  • Chapter 10 The Tropical Metropolis - A Review Of History, Identity and Climatic Idealisations in City Form; Nurul Syala Abdul Latip and Shaiful Nadzri Samsuddin
  • Chapter 11 Syncretism in Urban- Architectural Form -The Conscious and Unconscious Formation of National Identity
  • Chapter 12 Conclusions.

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