Hong Kong: Anthropological Essays on a Chinese Metropolis

ISBN-13: 9780700706020 / Miękka / 1997 / 352 str.

Maria Tam

Opis

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.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

Grant Evans, Maria Tam