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OverviewHong 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 through the mediums of film, food, architecture, rumors 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Grant Evans , Maria TamPublisher: University of Hawai'i Press Imprint: University of Hawai'i Press Dimensions: Width: 14.80cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 22.50cm Weight: 0.567kg ISBN: 9780824820053ISBN 10: 0824820053 Pages: 352 Publication Date: 01 July 1997 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsA lively and interesting collection that has much to offer both area scholars and cultural anthropologists in general. American Anthropologist</p>-- http: //www.uhpress.hawaii.edu/p-681-9780824820053.aspx A lively and interesting collection that has much to offer both area scholars and cultural anthropologists in general. --American Anthropologist -- http: //www.uhpress.hawaii.edu/p-681-9780824820053.aspx A lively and interesting collection that has much to offer both area scholars and cultural anthropologists in general. --American Anthropologist-- http: //www.uhpress.hawaii.edu/p-681-9780824820053.aspx A lively and interesting collection that has much to offer both area scholars and cultural anthropologists in general. --American Anthropologist</p>-- http: //www.uhpress.hawaii.edu/p-681-9780824820053.aspx Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |