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Cultural Conflict in Hong Kong (eBook, PDF)

Angles on a Coherent Imaginary

Redaktion: Polley, Jason S.; Wee, Lian-Hee; Poon, Vinton W. K.

Beschreibung

Offers intersection of a variety of cultural elements that make up what is known as Hong Kong

Considers linguistic, literary, and cultural representations of Hong Kong and how they destabilize the territory as a unified community and space

Examines how cultural elements are appropriated into the Hong Kong imaginary

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Autor

Jason S. Polley is Associate Professor of literary journalism, postmodernism, and poststructuralism at Hong Kong Baptist University. His research interests include post-WWII graphic forms, media analysis, Hong Kong Studies, and Anglo-Indian fiction. His creative nonfiction books are Refrain (2010) and Cemetery Miss You (2011). His monograph is Jane Smiley, Jonathan Franzen, Don DeLillo: Narratives of Everyday Justice (2011). Vinton W.K. Poon is a Lecturer at the Master of Arts Programme at Hong Kong Baptist University. He teaches and researches discourse, history of linguistics, as well as language and politics. Lian-Hee Wee is Professor of linguistics at Hong Kong Baptist University and has co-authored/edited six volumes and numerous book chapters and articles, largely on phonology. His phonetic-learning APP (AV Phonetics) has been downloaded more than 10,000 times by students and faculty of linguistics, psychology and music around the world.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer Nature Singapore
• Seitenzahl: 324
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. März 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9789811077661
• Artikelnr.: 52941978