Macao - Cultural Interaction and Literary Representations

ISBN-13: 9780415625869 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 200 str.

Katrine K. Wong; George Wei

Opis

Macao, the former Portuguese colony in southeast China from the 1550s until its return to China in 1999, has a long and very interesting history of cultural interaction between China and the West. As an entity with independent political power and unique social setting and cultural development, the identity of Macao people is not only indicative of the legacy and influence of its socio-historical factors and forces, but it has also been altered, transformed, and maintained because of the input, action, interaction and stimulation of creative arts and literatures. Held together by racial accommodation and tolerance and active cultural interactions, Macao s phenomenon can be characterized as hybridization. This book is the presentation of the ongoing hybridization of Macao and in itself a hybridity. It explores the nature of cultural interaction in Macao, and how the city has been constructed and perceived through literature and other art forms. It puts forward substantial new research findings and new thinking, and covers a wide range of issues. It is a companion volume to Macao The Formation of a Global City.

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Foreword  Introduction  Part 1: Socio-Cultural Evolution: Naming, Reading and Speaking in Macao  1. The Evolution of Spellings of ‘Macau’: An Examination of Early Portuguese and Western Archival Materials  2. Temples and their Gods in Macao before 1990s  3. Socio-Historical Factors Involved in the Changes of the Creole Matrix of Makista  Part 2: Intercultural Representations: Macao in Print  4. Foundational Fictions: The Domestic Romances of Macao and Hong Kong  5. Austin Coates and Macao: The Legacy of a Special and Spontaneous Friendship  6. Subtle Messengers: Literary Myth and National Identities in the Postage Stamps of Macao  Part 3: Visual and Aural Representations: Hybridized Macao  7. Representations of Macao in Portuguese Fiction Cinema  8. Baroque Macao: The City, History and the Dialectical Image  9. Contemporary Representations of Macao: Taking off the City  10. A Survey of Liturgical Composition in Macao in the Twentieth Century: Musical Life with São José as its Center