Pow, Choon-Piew, 1974-

Gated communities in China : class, privilege and the moral politics of the good life / Pow Choon-Piew. - London : Routledge, 2009. - 214 p. : ill., maps, plans ; 25 cm. - Routledge Pacific Rim geographies ; 7 .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: gated communities and the lure of the good life -- Making middle-class spaces: privilege, territoriality and the moral geographies of exclusion -- Urban reform, the new middle-class and the emergence of gated communities in Shanghai -- Imagineering suburbia: contested representations of the Chinese dream home -- Seeking privacy and seclusion: private property, individualism and neoliberal subjectivities -- Maintaining order and civility: purified spaces and the paradox of gated living -- Beyond the gates: a geographical-moral critique.

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Gated communities--China--Shanghai.
Middle class--China--Shanghai.