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Item Details
| Title:
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CONSUMING HONG KONG
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| By: |
Gordon Mathews (Editor), Tai Lok Lui (Editor) |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| List price:
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£20.50 |
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| ISBN 10: |
9622095364 |
| ISBN 13: |
9789622095366 |
| Publisher: |
HONG KONG UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
30 June, 2001 |
| Series: |
Hong Kong Culture and Society |
| Pages: |
356 |
| Description: |
This academic study of consumption in Hong Kong explores such diverse topics as the shopping malls in the 1960s, going to movies, alcohol as a marker of social class, fashion for young women, the pursuit of Chinese art and identity by collectors, and the dream of owning a flat. |
| Synopsis: |
This book shows how the detailed ehtnographic study of consumption in Hong Kong can lead to a deeper understanding of Hong Kong life as a whole, as well as of consumption in the world at large. |
| US Grade: |
College Graduate Student and over |
| Illustrations: |
Illustrations, 1 map |
| Publication: |
Hong Kong |
| Imprint: |
Hong Kong University Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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