Urban Culture and Urban Spirit---A Comparative Study of Urban Culture at Home and Abroad

Author: Chen Lixu
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Publish Date: 2003-11-01
Features: Under the influence of globalization, Chinese urban culture has clearly been deeply marked by globalization. This is reflected in the popularity of consumer culture, fashion, and mass culture from the outside world in Chinese cities, as well as in the influence of foreign ideologies, artistic styles, and other serious cultural aspects on Chinese cities. While Chinese urban culture and urban cultures worldwide show a trend of integration, differences are also becoming increasingly prominent. This difference is not only manifested in the psychology, customs, behavior, and clothing of urban residents in China and abroad but also in the ideologies, artistic styles, cultural systems, cultural industries, and mass culture of Chinese and foreign cities. Of course, it is also engraved in the tangible material cultural forms of Chinese and foreign cities, such as buildings, roads, parks, streetlights, squares, and public buses. This book examines the culture and structure of cities as centers of modern cultural production and consumption in China and abroad, with a focus on analyzing, comparing, and discussing the psychology of urban residents in China and abroad, urban mass culture in China and abroad, urban cultural industries in China and abroad, the protection of historical and cultural heritage in Chinese cities, and urban architectural culture in China and abroad. This book not only provides readers with rich and valuable urban cultural materials and information but also serves as a reference for urban cultural managers, workers, professional researchers, and students and teachers in higher education institutions.