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HONG KONG
ANTHROPOLOGICAL ESSAYS ON A CHINESE METROPOLIS |
| By: |
Grant Evans, Maria Tam |
| Format: |
Electronic book text |
| List price:
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£28.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1136796452 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781136796456 |
| Publisher: |
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
31 October, 2013 |
| Series: |
Anthropology of Asia |
| Pages: |
352 |
| Synopsis: |
Hong Kong has become a by-word for all that is modern and sparkling in Asia today.Yet tourist brochures still play with the old cliche of Hong Kong as a place where 'East meets West'. Images of so-called 'traditional' China, junks sailing Victoria Harbour or old women praying to gods in smoky temples, mingle with those portraying Hong Kong as a consumer and business paradise.This collection of essays attempts to transcend the old polarities. It looks at modern Hong Kong in all its splendour and diversity in the run-up to its re-absorption into Greater China in mid-97, through the mediums of film, food, architecture, rumours and slang.It explores the question of a distinct, modern Chinese identity in Hong Kong, and even when it explores the traditional stamping ground of the older anthropology in the New Territories it finds a dramatically changed context, in particular for women.This collection presents an intriguing insight into the process of transition from 'tradition' to 'modernity' in this Modern Chinese Metropolis. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Routledge |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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