{"product_id":"dissent-and-cultural-resistance-in-melissa-butcher-9780415491426","title":"Dissent and Cultural Resistance in Asia's Cities","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book documents urban experiences of dissent and emergent resistance against disjunctive global and local capital, technology and labour flows that converge and intersect in some of Asia's fastest growing cities. Rather than constructing occupants of the city as simply passive victims of globalisation or urbanisation, it presents ways in which people are using everyday strategies embedded in cultural practice to challenge dominant socio-economic and political forces impacting on urban space. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTaking the city as a site of contestation and a stage where social conflicts are played out, the book highlights the connections between urban power and dissent; the nature and impact of resistance; how the spatiality and built environment of the city generates conflict and, conversely, how protagonists use the cityscape to stage their everyday and public dissent. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe contributors explore the conditions, strategies, and outcomes of such dissent and forms of cultural resistance, and explore the following themes: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003ethe impact of urban development, gentrification and ghetto-isation;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eurban counter narratives and the re-imagining of city spaces; \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003ethe role of grassroots activism and social movements; \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003ecultural resistance in the creation of neighbourhoods and communities;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003ethe impact of gender, class and the politics of identity on forms of dissent;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003ethe formation of transgressive spaces.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Melissa Butcher\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415491428\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415491426\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 210\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.10w x 0.70d","brand":"Melissa Butcher","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086617817343,"sku":"9780415491426","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7e5e5673-cf0d-47d2-beab-41492833d8bd.jpg?v=1769095677","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dissent-and-cultural-resistance-in-melissa-butcher-9780415491426","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}