The Hyperstationary State: Five Walks in Search of the Future in Shanghai

Shanghai is invariably used in film sets and popular discourse as an image of the future. But what sort of future can be found here? Is it a qualitative or quantitative advance? Is there any trace in the landscape of China's officially still-Communist ideology? Has the city become so contradict...

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Main Author: Owen Hatherley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Linköping University Electronic Press 2012-01-01
Series:Culture Unbound: Journal of Current Cultural Research
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.3384/cu.2000.1525.12435