Underglobalization: Beijing's Media Urbanism and the Chimera of Legitimacy

by Joshua Neves

Book Overview

Despite China's recent emergence as a major global economic and geopolitical power, its association with counterfeit goods and intellectual property piracy has led many in the West to dismiss its urbanization and globalization as suspect or inauthentic. In Underglobalization Joshua Neves examines the cultural politics of the "fake" and how frictions between legality and legitimacy propel dominant models of economic development and political...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1478008059
• ISBN13: 9781478008057
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"