Behind the Postcolonial: Architecture, Urban Space and Political Cultures in Indonesia (Architext) by Kusno, Abidin

Routledge, 2000. Soft cover. Very good/No jacket. Cover is rubbed, and worn on corners and edges, and lightly sunned on spine, but text and images are clear and bright. Binding is tight. Ink underlining and sidelining on pages 148-166. Inside is otherwise clean and unmarked.

New. In Behind the Postcolonial Abidin Kusno shows how colonial representations have been revived and rearticulated in postcolonial Indonesia. The book shows how architecture and urban space can be seen, both historically and theoretically, as representations of political and cultural tendencies that characterize an emerging as well as a declining social order. It addresses the complex interactions between public memories of the present and past, between images of global urban cultures and the concrete historical meanings of the local. It shows how one might write a political history of postcolonial architecture and urban space that recognizes the political cultures of the present without neglecting the importance of the colonial past. In the process, it poses serious questions for the analysis and understanding of postcolonial states.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Paperback / softback. New. This book shows how architecture and urban space can be seen, both historically and theoretically, as representations of political and cultural tendencies that characterise an emerging as well as declining social order.

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Routledge, 2000. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 240 pages. 9.75x7.00x0.75 inches.

Routledge, 2000-09-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!