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Thames Town—an English-like village built in Shanghai—is many places at once: a successful tourist destination, an affluent residential cluster, a city of migrant workers, and a ghost town. <i>The Real Fake </i>explores how the users of Thames Town transform a themed space into something more than a “fake place.” Piazzoni understands authenticity as a dynamic relationship between people, places, and meanings that enables urban transformations. She argues that authenticity underlies the social an

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Author

Maria Francesca Piazzoni

Publisher

Fordham University Press(Lightning Source) : Fordham University Press

Published

2018

Language

EN

ISBN

9780823280896

Category

social science

Subjects

Sociology, Architecture, Art

Updated

2026-03-25