Paul Kendall
Gebundenes Buch

The Sounds of Social Space

Branding, Built Environment, and Leisure in Urban China

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A giant statue of a six-pipe musical instrument stands in the heart of Kaili city. Yet despite its prominent placement, intended to convey the essence of the city, residents hold extremely low opinions of music-making in Kaili, particularly when compared to the "authentic" music found in surrounding ethnic minority villages. In this engaging, accessible work, author Paul Kendall investigates this conundrum and comes to terms with conflicting representations of a small southwestern Chinese city branded "the homeland of one hundred festivals." Drawing on Henri Lefebvre's triad of social space, t...