1st Edition
Architecture and Urban Form in Kuala Lumpur Race and Chinese Spaces in a Postcolonial City
By Yat Ming Loo
Copyright 2013
234 Pages
by
Routledge
234 Pages
by
Routledge
234 Pages
by
Routledge
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Kuala Lumpur, the capital city of Malaysia, is a former colony of the British Empire which today prides itself in being a multicultural society par excellence. However, the Islamisation of the urban landscape, which is at the core of Malaysia’s decolonisation projects, has marginalised the Chinese urban spaces which were once at the heart of Kuala Lumpur. Engaging with complex colonial and... Read more
Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 The Racialised Landscapes of Nation - Race Relations and Spatial Segregation; Chapter 3 Colonial Identificaton and Kuala Lumpur; Chapter 4 Duplicating Colonial Identification - KLCC and Putrajaya; Chapter 5 The Making of 'Chinatown'; Chapter 6 Landscape of the Non-Descript: Kuala Lumpur Chinese Cemeteries; Chapter 7 Conclusion;
Biography
Yat Ming Loo, Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London, UK.
'Said’s approach, while characterized by exemplary scholarship and a remarkably broad canvas, is distinguished by what is essentially a neutral stance. He is more interested in the traffic of ideas between the East and the West than in taking sides in a struggle between them....this book opens out a number of important issues which deserve attention and further analysis'. New Zealand Journal of Asian Studies
