Lecture Professor Deborah Davis

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DescriptionUntil recently, three binaries dominated analysis of urban China: urban vs. rural, coast vs. interior, and permanent vs. temporary resident. Although these dichotomies did not reflect the actual heterogeneity of urban life they persisted in part because they sharpened our analytic models and focused debates. In this lecture Professor Deborah Davis, Tan Chin Tuan Visiting Professor in Chinese Studies, explains the advantages of discarding these three binaries and approaching urbanization and urbanity along several continua.CreatorYale-NUS CollegeDate12-MAR-2014FormatVideoContributorDeborah DavisLanguageEnglishLength01:12:53PublisherYale-NUS CollegeLocationSingapore

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SubjectRe-Placing the Urban: Rural BinaryKeywordRe-PlacingUrbanRuralBinaryUrbanizationLecture

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CollectionVideosLectures and TalksChinese Speaker SeriesPersonDeborah DavisOrganisationYale-NUS College

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