Contemporary practices of citizenship in Asia and the West : care of the self

Contemporary practices of citizenship in Asia and the West care of the self

This collection of essays examines urban communities and societies in Asia and the West to shed much-needed light on issues that have emerged as the world experiences its new urban turn. An urbanized world should be an improving place, one that is better to live in, one where humans can flourish. Th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Bracken, Gregory, editor (editor)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press [2020]
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection.
Asian cities ; 14.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b46484000*spi
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contested Technologies of the Self in Urban India
  • Rachana Johri
  • 6. Family, Everyday Life, and the Making-up of Society
  • A Case Study in Yokohama's Chinatown
  • Wong Yee Lam Elim
  • 7. Mental Health Scenario of Asian Americans
  • Social and Environmental Determinants of their Well-being and Service Utilization
  • Susheelabai R. Srinivasa and Sudershan Pasupuleti
  • 8. 'Care of the Self' and Discipline in Smart Cities
  • Sensors in Singapore
  • Joost Alleblas and Steven Dorrestijn
  • Afterword
  • The Right to the City
  • Gregory Bracken
  • Index
  • List of Figures and Tables
  • Figures.
  • Figure 1.1 One City, Nine Towns plan in the Municipality of Shanghai
  • Figure 1.2 British-style architecture in Thames Town
  • Figure 1.3 Urban themes in Thames Town
  • Figure 1.4 Chinese furniture and decoration in homes
  • Figure 1.5 Appropriation of outside spaces
  • Figure 4.1 Shodasha Samskara
  • Figure 4.2 Antyesti
  • Figure 4.3 Growth patterns: Varanasi and Hyderabad
  • Figure 4.4 Pyre typology diagram
  • Figure 4.5 Pyres: generic
  • Figure 4.6 Pyres: looking behind
  • Figure 4.7 Pyres: looking beyond
  • Mahaprasthanam and Vaikuntha Dwaram
  • Figure 4.8 Waiting area: typology diagram.
  • Figure 4.9 Waiting area: gallery and pavilion forms
  • Tables
  • Table 7.1 Distribution of mental illness among different ethnic groups
  • Table 7.2 Depression among different racial/ethnic adolescents, gender, and ages.

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