Grant Evans, Maria Tam

Hong Kong

Anthropological Essays on a Chinese Metropolis

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Produktbeschreibung

This book seeks to transcend the old 'East meets West' polarities. Looking at modern Hong Kong in all its splendour and diversity at the point of its re-absorption into China, it explores the question of a distinct, modern Chinese identity in Hong Kong. Intriguing insights.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Juni 1997
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 671g
• ISBN-13: 9780700706013
• ISBN-10: 0700706011
• Artikelnr.: 42456527

Autorenporträt

Grant Evans, Maria Tam

Inhaltsangabe

1: Introduction
1: Identity
2: Hong Kong Ethnicity of Folk Models And Change *
3: Back to the Future
2: Cultural Studies
4: Of Mimicry and Mermaids
5: Resurgent Chinese Power In Postmodern Disguise
6: Treading the Margins
3: Gender and Kinship
7: Negotiating Tradition
8: Jyuht Fòhng Néuih
9: Motherhood in Hong Kong
4: Religion and Beliefs
10: Traditional Values and Modern Meanings in the Paper Offering Industry of Hong Kong
11: Sacred Power in the Metropolis
12: Ghosts and the New Governor
5: Language
13: Bad Boys and Bad Language