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Hong Kong: Anthropological Essays on a Chinese Metropolis (Anthropology of Asia)

Hong Kong: Anthropological Essays on a Chinese Metropolis (Anthropology of Asia)
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  • ISBN-13: 9780700706013
  • ISBN: 0700706011
  • Edition: 1
  • Publication Date: 1997
  • Publisher: Routledge

AUTHOR

Evans, Grant, Siu-mi, Maria Tam, Tam Siu-mi, Maria

SUMMARY

Hong Kong has become a by-word for all that is modern and sparkling in Asia today. Yet tourist brochures still play with the old cliche of Hong Kong as a place where 'East meets West'. Images of so-called 'traditional' China, junks sailing Victoria Harbour or old women praying to gods in smoky temples, mingle with those portraying Hong Kong as a consumer and business paradise. This collection of essays attempts to transcend the old polarities. It looks at modern Hong Kong in all its splendour and diversity in the run-up to its re-absorption into Greater China in mid-97, through the mediums of film, food, architecture, rumours and slang. It explores the question of a distinct, modern Chinese identity in Hong Kong, and even when it explores the traditional stamping ground of the older anthropology in the New Territories it finds a dramatically changed context, in particular for women. This collection presents an intriguing insight into the process of transition from 'tradition' to 'modernity' in this Modern Chinese Metropolis.Evans, Grant is the author of 'Hong Kong: Anthropological Essays on a Chinese Metropolis (Anthropology of Asia)', published 1997 under ISBN 9780700706013 and ISBN 0700706011.

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