Hong Kong The Anthropology of a Chinese Metropolis

Name: Hong Kong The Anthropology of a Chinese Metropolis
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ISBN: 9780824820053

ISBN-10: 0824820053

ISBN-13: 9780824820053

Edition: 1997

Authors: Grant Evans, Maria Tam

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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 Westï¿½. Images of so-called `traditionalï¿½ 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 through the mediums of film, food, architecture, rumors and slang. It explores the question of a distinct, modern Chinese…

Book details

List price: $26.00
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Publication date: 7/1/1997
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 352
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.320
Language: English

List of Illustrations
Introduction: The Anthropology of Contemporary Hong Kong	p. 1
Hong Kong Ethnicity: Of Folk Models and Change	p. 25
Back To The Future: Herbal Tea Shops in Hong Kong	p. 51
Of Mimicry and Mermaids: Hong Kong and the Documentary Film Legacy	p. 77
Resurgent Chinese Power in Postmodern Disguise: The New Bank of China Buildings in Hong Kong and Macau	p. 102
Treading the Margins: Performing Hong Kong	p. 124
Negotiating Tradition: Customary Succession in the New Territories of Hong Kong	p. 151
Jyuht Fohng Neuih: Female Inheritance and Affection	p. 174
Motherhood in Hong Kong: The Working Mother and Child-care in the Parent-Centred Hong Kong Family	p. 198
Traditional Values and Modern Meanings in the Paper Offering Industry of Hong Kong	p. 223
Sacred Power in the Metropolis: Shrines and Temples in Hong Kong	p. 242
Ghosts and the New Governor: The Anthropology of a Hong Kong Rumour	p. 267
Bad Boys and Bad Language: Chou Hau and the Sociolinguistics of Swearwords in Hong Kong Cantonese	p. 299
Glossary	p. 333
Contributors	p. 335
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