Classical Chinese Gardens in Twenty-first Century America: Cultivating the Past
This paper presents a brief examination of three tracts of American real estate that have been transformed into Chinese-style gardens. Each re-presentation serves a specific function at its particular site and also creates and perpetuates symbolic meaning that goes beyond the individual site to conn...
Main Author: | Carol Brash |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Open Library of Humanities
2012-01-01
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Series: | The ASIANetwork Exchange: A Journal for Asian Studies in the Liberal Arts |
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Online Access: | http://www.asianetworkexchange.org/articles/18 |
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