{"product_id":"taipei-city-of-displacements-paperback","title":"Taipei: City of Displacements - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoseph R. Allen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of the Joseph Levenson Post-1900 Book Prize\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis cultural study of public space examines the cityscape of \u003ci\u003eTaipei\u003c\/i\u003e, Taiwan, in rich descriptive prose. Contemplating a series of seemingly banal subjects--maps, public art, parks--Joseph Allen peels back layers of obscured history to reveal forces that caused cultural objects to be celebrated, despised, destroyed, or transformed as \u003ci\u003eTaipei\u003c\/i\u003e experienced successive regime changes and waves of displacement. In this thoughtful stroll through the city, we learn to look beyond surface ephemera, moving from the general to the particular to see sociocultural phenomena in their historical and contemporary contexts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWatch the book trailer: https: \/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xBdGIoox7zM\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoseph R. Allen is professor of Chinese literature and cultural studies at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, and author of \u003ci\u003eIn the Voice of Others: Chinese Music Bureau Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e and translator of \u003ci\u003eForbidden Games and Video Poems: The Poetry of Yang Mu and Lo Ch'ing.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 11, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45309990633574,"sku":"9780295991269","price":69.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/OWR0WFA5K1Yvek8wNE1wUU4vUC9nQT09.webp?v=1774219833","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/taipei-city-of-displacements-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}