Beschreibung:
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.
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