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The Real Fake explores how the users of Thames Town—an English-like village built in Songjiang New Town near Shanghai—negotiate the notion of authenticity through their everyday social and spatial practices. Piazzoni argues that authenticity underlies the social and physical production of space through both top-down and bottom-up dynamics.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1
1. The Controversy of Theming 21
2. Thames Town and the Chinese Landscapes of Mimicry 41
3. Everyday Life in the English Village of Shanghai 69
4. The Spaces Authenticity Makes 109
Acknowledgments 123
Bibliography 125
Critics’ Corner 141

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      Publisher: Fordham University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 30/10/2018
      ISBN13: 9780823280926, 978-0823280926
      ISBN10: 0823280926

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The Real Fake explores how the users of Thames Town—an English-like village built in Songjiang New Town near Shanghai—negotiate the notion of authenticity through their everyday social and spatial practices. Piazzoni argues that authenticity underlies the social and physical production of space through both top-down and bottom-up dynamics.

      Table of Contents

      Introduction 1
      1. The Controversy of Theming 21
      2. Thames Town and the Chinese Landscapes of Mimicry 41
      3. Everyday Life in the English Village of Shanghai 69
      4. The Spaces Authenticity Makes 109
      Acknowledgments 123
      Bibliography 125
      Critics’ Corner 141

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