《Walking Macao, Reading the Baroque》是Hong Kong University Press出版的圖書，作者是Jeremy Tambling，Louis Lo
基本介紹
- 書名：Walking Macao, Reading the Baroque
- 作者：Jeremy Tambling、Louis Lo
- 出版社：Hong Kong University Press
- 出版時間：2009年4月30日
- 定價：69.50 美元
- 裝幀：Hardcover
- ISBN：9789622099371
內容簡介
"A book we have all been waiting for – I wish I could have written it. A magnificent evocation of historic Macao, the 'capital of the sixteenth century' in Asia, just as Paris was the capital of the nineteenth century in Europe. The authors are well versed in cultural theory, and in this book they purposely and fittingly adopt the pose of Benjaminian flaneurs as they take us on...(展開全部) "A book we have all been waiting for – I wish I could have written it. A magnificent evocation of historic Macao, the 'capital of the sixteenth century' in Asia, just as Paris was the capital of the nineteenth century in Europe. The authors are well versed in cultural theory, and in this book they purposely and fittingly adopt the pose of Benjaminian flaneurs as they take us on a cultural walk through some of the significant sites in this beautiful baroque city – before it is turned into ruins by money-grabbing gambling houses. A must-read for all visitors to Macao as well as students in architecture, cultural history and cultural studies." – Leo Ou-fan Lee, Professor of Humanities, Chinese University of Hong Kong; author of City between Worlds: My Hong Kong "Verbal description and photographs conspire here to present the city of Macao in vignettes of its colonial, 'baroque' architecture reflected upon from a postcolonial and postmodern perspective. Rich in words and images, a delightful book!" – Zhang Longxi, Chair Professor of Comparative Literature and Translation, City University of Hong Kong "Macao is a city of immense interest, having served for centuries as a major site for the encounter of Western and Asian culture, yet it has rarely before received the scholarly attention it deserves. In this mould-breaking study the accumulated traces of Macao's distinctive history are examined in a new light. Bringing an extraordinary range of learning to bear, Jeremy Tambling and Louis Lo invite us to join them on an illuminating intellectual and visual journey th
