The research of "place" has resurged inscholarship of human geography in recent years andbecomes a key inquiry in new cultural geography. Inthis book, we explore "place" through the theories ofcultural geography, with empirical focus on the ruralmigrants'home in Guangzhou's suburb, the livedexperiences of "ghost city" in Erdos, culturalrestoration of Guangzhou's ancestral temples,advertisements and the city image in Guangzhou'smetro stations, and other cases relating to thefloating population. This book is a collection of thehigh-quality journal articles of the leading author andhis team over the years. This is a readable book withvivid research topics and illustrated materials.
This book primarily targets at undergraduatesand postgraduates who major in human geographyand especially cultural geography, but it offersreference for professional cultural geographers.

朱竑，Zhu Hong is a professor of human geography,School of Geography and Remote Sensing,Guangzhou University and the director ofGuangdong Provincial Center for Urban andMigration Studies. He is also an executive memberof the Geographical Society of China. In recentyears, he has published over 200 peer-reviewedarticles in Chinese and English journals, includingAAAG, ATR, TM, JEMS, Acta Geographica Sinica,etc. Meanwhile, he has completed or undertakenover 20 projects, including the Major Program ofNational Social Science Foundation of China, theKey Program of National Natural ScienceFoundation of China, etc.

Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 The study of"place" in new cultural geographies
1.2 The outline of this book
Chapter 2 Creating and Defending Concepts of Home in Suburban Guangzhou
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Home, power and identity in suburban Guangzhou
2.3 Loss of home -- local villagers outside the estates
2.4 Migrant workers -- living on the margins
2.5 Discussions
References
Chapter 3 Living in the "Ghost City": Media Discourses and the Negotiation of Home in Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Background and methods
3.3 Discourse on "ghostly" Kangbashi
3.4 Residents' experience of home in Kangbashi
3.5 Conclusions
References
Chapter 4 Restoration of an Ancestral Temple in Guangzhou, China: Reimagining History and Traditions Through Devotion to Art
and Creation
4.1 Introduction
4.2 The changing role of ancient ancestral temples in modernizing China
4.3 Restoration of an ancestral temple in Guangzhou
4.4 Creating new cultural space and meaning for modem uses
4.5 Conclusions
References
Chapter 5 Investigating Urban Migrants' Sense of Place Through a Multi-scalar Perspective
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Methods
5.3 Connecting migrants' senses of place to Dadong Community Cultural Center and Guangzhou City
5.4 Limitations
5.5 Conclusions
References
Chapter 6 Negotiating About Place and Identity After Change of Administrative Division
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Research background
6.3 Research methods
6.4 Between Dongshan and Yuexiu: Interrupted identities, ambiguous identities
6.5 Repacking place symbols, reimagining place identity
6.6 Conclusions
References
Chapter 7 Globalization and the Production of City Image in Guangzhou's Metro Station Advertisements
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Study area: Globalizing Guangzhou under the market transition
7.3 Producing the image of a globalizing city
7.4 Conclusinons
References
Chapter 8 Between God and Caesar? Christianity, Ethnic Identity and the Resistant Politics in Shimenkan, China
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Hegemony, resistance and translocal hybridity as critical cultural resources
8.3 Research methods
8.4 Encountering Christianity: Early socio-economic transformation in Shimenkan
8.5 Annihilating the "other": Pollard Script in state discourse and practice
8.6 New translocal dynamics and the production of the politicized Christian space
8.7 Conclusions
References
Chapter 9 Conclusion Remarks