Archivio Istituzionale della RicercaThe article discusses the symbolic role of gardens as expressions of cultural and social diversity. Focusing on gardens designed during colonialism by European powers in their colonies and analyses Chinese-style gardens promoted by Chinese immigrant communities from the second half of the twentieth century in a variety of geographical contexts distant from China, the articles examines garden design in the construction of strategies of representation and self-affirmation.
Landscapes of Representation. Creating National Gardens Abroad / Rinaldi, BIANCA MARIA. - In: DIE GARTENKUNST. - ISSN 0935-0519. - STAMPA. - 24:1(2012), pp. 21-32.
Landscapes of Representation. Creating National Gardens Abroad
RINALDI, BIANCA MARIA
2012
Abstract
The article discusses the symbolic role of gardens as expressions of cultural and social diversity. Focusing on gardens designed during colonialism by European powers in their colonies and analyses Chinese-style gardens promoted by Chinese immigrant communities from the second half of the twentieth century in a variety of geographical contexts distant from China, the articles examines garden design in the construction of strategies of representation and self-affirmation.
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