{"product_id":"spaces-of-creative-resistance-social-change-projects-in-twenty-first-century-east-asia-hardback-9781978842502","title":"Spaces of Creative Resistance; Social Change Projects in Twenty-First-Century East Asia (Hardback) 9781978842502","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSpaces of Creative Resistance\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eSocial Change Projects in Twenty-First-Century East Asia\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAndrea Gevurtz Arai (Edited by), Christopher T. Nelson (Foreword by), Yeonjung Ahn (Contributions by), Andrea Gevurtz Arai (Contributions by), Miriam Timson (Contributions by), Hyein Chae (Contributions by), Chor-See Chan (Contributions by), Summer Xuan Dai (Contributions by), Liling Huang (Contributions by), Jeff Hou (Contributions by), Hidehiko Ishibashi (Contributions by), Hsiu Fan Lin (Contributions by), Yuyu Liu (Contributions by), Yumi Matsubara (Contributions by), Keisuke Sugano (Contributions by), Jinyue Xu (Contributions by), Yue Wu (Contributions by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781978842502\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 17 June 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e198 pages, 28 B-W images\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.6 x 1.8 cm, 0.426 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"The force of this volume lies as much in the collection of essays as a whole as it does in the individual arguments; diverse, sometimes uncertain, they present a true politics of the everyday. Above all, it insists on the endurance of particularity—of a potentiality not defined by, or contained by, the seemingly totalizing ubiquity of global capital; these are stories of our time.\" - Thomas Looser (associate professor and chair of East Asian Studies at New York University)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eSpaces of Creative Resistance: Social Change Projects in Twenty-First-Century East Asia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ebrings together an exciting cross-regional interdisciplinary group of scholars, scholar activists, artists, and others for a collection that addresses the last two decades' hollowing out of social connections, socioeconomic income gaps, and general precarity of life in East Asian societies. Written by authors from China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, each chapter is focused on people making a difference together in socially sustainable ways, particularly in the areas of gender, labor, and environments—both built and natural. These projects all constitute acts of creative resistance to neoliberal development, and each act of creative resistance demonstrates how individuals and communities across East Asia are making new worlds and lifeways in the small and everyday. Taking on larger political and economic forces that affect their lives and communities, each project and group of individuals featured here is focused on making more liveable presents and more possible futures.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Foreword by Christopher T. Nelson\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: Shifting Contexts, Creative Responses by Andrea Gevurtz Arai\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection I: Creative Acts of Resistance\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1 DiY Sensibilities, Eco-Aesthetics, and Women’\u003cbr\u003es Projects in Post 3.11 Japan by Andrea Gevurtz Arai\u003cbr\u003e 2 \u003ci\u003eMa-eul Sal-i\u003c\/i\u003e of Korean Young People: Making Spaces for a Different Lifestyle by Hyein Chae\u003cbr\u003e 3 Regaining Autonomy at Work in Hong Kong’\u003cbr\u003es “\u003cbr\u003eAlternative Communities”\u003cbr\u003e by Chor-See Chan\u003cbr\u003e 4 “\u003cbr\u003eI Want to Lie Flat Like a Dead Fish”\u003cbr\u003e: A Form of Young People’\u003cbr\u003es Creative Resistance in 21st- Century China by Jinyue Xu and Yue Wu\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection II: Cultural Spaces and Community Places\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 5 “\u003cbr\u003eI Refuse to Live in a Town Without a Cinema!”\u003cbr\u003e: Rebuilding a Cultural Space and Social Infrastructure in Toyooka, Japan by Hidehiko Ishibashi\u003cbr\u003e 6 Rebuilding a Vacant Space and Regaining My Place in Kanazawa Japan by Keisuke Sugano \u003cbr\u003e 7 706 Youth Space: A Collective Response to Social Issues by Urban Elite Youth in China by Summer Xuan Dai\u003cbr\u003e 8 Creative Resistance and Social Isolation in Japan by Yumi Matsubara\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection III: Environments of Creative Resistance​\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 9 The Case of the Yuanli Hi Home: Revitalizing Community and “\u003cbr\u003eGathering”\u003cbr\u003e Spaces in Taiwan by Hsiu Fan Lin and Yu Liu\u003cbr\u003e 10 The Tale of a Transitional Site for Self-Organized Civic Life in South Korea (Bibil Base) by Yeonjung Ahn\u003cbr\u003e 11 Urban Poverty and Spaces of Community Action in Wan-hua, Taipei by Liling Huang and Jeff Hou\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTeaching Appendix\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Foreword by Christopher T. Nelson vii\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: Shifting Contexts, Creative Responses 1\u003cbr\u003e andrea gevurtz arai\u003cbr\u003e part i: creative acts of resistance\u003cbr\u003e 1 DIY Sensibilities, Eco-Aesthetics,\u003cbr\u003e and Women’\u003cbr\u003es\u003cbr\u003e Projects\u003cbr\u003e after\u003cbr\u003e 3.11 in Japan 13\u003cbr\u003e andrea gevurtz arai\u003cbr\u003e 2 Maeul Sari for Young Korean People:\u003cbr\u003e Making Spaces\u003cbr\u003e for a Different\u003cbr\u003e Lifestyle 24\u003cbr\u003e Hyein Chae\u003cbr\u003e 3 Reinventing Faan Gung: Regaining Autonomy at Work\u003cbr\u003e in Hong Kong’\u003cbr\u003es Alternative Communities 43\u003cbr\u003e chor-see\u003cbr\u003e chan\u003cbr\u003e 4 “\u003cbr\u003eI Want to Lie Flat Like a Dead Fish”\u003cbr\u003e: A Form of Young\u003cbr\u003e People’\u003cbr\u003es\u003cbr\u003e Creative Resistance\u003cbr\u003e in Twenty-First-\u003cbr\u003e Century\u003cbr\u003e China 57\u003cbr\u003e jinyue xu and yue wu\u003cbr\u003e part ii: cultural spaces and community places\u003cbr\u003e 5 “\u003cbr\u003eI Refuse to Live in a Town without a Cinema!”\u003cbr\u003e: Rebuilding\u003cbr\u003e a Theater and Cultural Space in Toyooka, Japan 77\u003cbr\u003e hidehiko ishibashi\u003cbr\u003e 6 Rebuilding a Vacant Space and Regaining My Place\u003cbr\u003e in Kanazawa, Japan 88\u003cbr\u003e keisuke sugano\u003cbr\u003e 7 706 Youth Space: A Collective Response to Social Issues\u003cbr\u003e by Urban Elite Youth in China 102\u003cbr\u003e summer xuan dai\u003cbr\u003e 8 Creative Resistance\u003cbr\u003e and Social Isolation in Japan 119\u003cbr\u003e yumi matsubara\u003cbr\u003e part iii: environments of creative resistance\u003cbr\u003e 9 The Case of the Yuanli Hi Home: Revitalizing Community\u003cbr\u003e and “\u003cbr\u003eGathering”\u003cbr\u003e Spaces in Taiwan 135\u003cbr\u003e hsiu fan lin and yu liu\u003cbr\u003e 10 A Transitional Site for Self-Organized\u003cbr\u003e Civic Life in\u003cbr\u003e South Korea\u003cbr\u003e (Bibil Base) 143\u003cbr\u003e yeonjung ahn\u003cbr\u003e 11 Urban Poverty and Spaces of Community Action in\u003cbr\u003e Wanhua, Taipei 148\u003cbr\u003e liling huang and jeffrey hou\u003cbr\u003e Teaching Appendix: For the Instructor Thinking of\u003cbr\u003e Adopting This Volume 165\u003cbr\u003e andrea gevurtz arai with miriam timson\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e 169\u003cbr\u003e Notes on Contributors 171\u003cbr\u003e Index 000\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52640491536664,"sku":"9781978842502","price":71.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/spaces-of-creative-resistance-social-change-projects-in-twenty-first-century-east-asia-hardback-9781978842502","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}