Skateboarding and Urban Landscapes in Asia

Duncan McDuie-Ra is professor of Urban Sociology at University of Newcastle, Australia. His most recent sole-authored books are Borderland City in New India (2016), Debating Race in Contemporary India (2015), and Northeast Migrants in Delhi: Race, Refuge and Retail (2012).

Acknowledgements
Chapter 1. Urban Asia: Endless Spots
Escaping the California Gridlock
(Re)Mapping Asia Through Spots
Structure of the Book
Chapter 2. Shredding the Urban Fabric
Spots: Urban Landscapes Below the Knees
Infrastructure's Adjacent Publics
Splicing the Map
Life on Video, Life Online
Conclusion
Chapter 3. Chasing the Concrete Dragon
From Chinese Consumers to Consuming China
Skateboarding at Shenzhen Speed
Endless Spots, New Cartographies
Communist Wonderland
Conclusion
Chapter 4. Spectacle Cities: The Luxury Of Emptiness
Central Asian Spectacles
Emptying Dubai
Dubai Unreal
Spectacle And Its Others
Conclusion
Chapter 5. For the Love of Soviet Planning
Post-Soviet Urban Space From Below (the Knees)
Independence Square (Tashkent)
Ala-Too Square (Bishkek)
The Outer Grid
Haunted Spots
Conclusion
Chapter 6. Skateboarding's New Frontiers
Iran: Revolutionary Modernity
India: Rough Cut Modern
Shredding the Architecture of Occupation
Conclusion
Chapter 7. Conclusion: Another 'Next China'
Real-Time Blues
Endless Spots, Endless Search
Bibliography
Skate Videos And Media Files
Published Sources
Index