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- Book Title
- Hong Kong : Migrant Lives, Landscapes, and Journeys
- ISBN
- 9780226448565
- Publication Name
- Hong Kong : Migrant Lives, Landscapes, and Journeys
- Item Length
- 10in
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Publication Year
- 2010
- Series
- Fieldwork Encounters and Discoveries Ser.
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.9in
- Item Width
- 7in
- Item Weight
- 30.2 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 288 Pages
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In 1997 the United Kingdom returned control of Hong Kong to China, ending the city's status as one of the last remnants of the British Empire and initiating a new phase for it as both a modern city and a hub for global migrations. Hong Kong is a tour of the city's postcolonial urban landscape, innovatively told through fieldwork and photography. Caroline Knowles and Douglas Harper's point of entry into Hong Kong is the unusual position of the British expatriates who chose to remain in the city after the transition. Now a relatively insignificant presence, British migrants in Hong Kong have become intimately connected with another small minority group there: immigrants from Southeast Asia. The lives, journeys, and stories of these two groups bring to life a place where the past continues to resonate for all its residents, even as the city hurtles forward into a future marked by transience and transition. By skillfully blending ethnographic and visual approaches, Hong Kong offers a fascinating guide to a city that is at once unique in its recent history and exemplary of our globalized present.
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Publisher
University of Chicago Press
ISBN-10
0226448568
ISBN-13
9780226448565
eBay Product ID (ePID)
70967210
Product Key Features
Publication Name
Hong Kong : Migrant Lives, Landscapes, and Journeys
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
2010
Series
Fieldwork Encounters and Discoveries Ser.
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
10in
Item Height
0.9in
Item Width
7in
Item Weight
30.2 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Ds796.H79a25 2009
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"This is a terrific book by a pair of creative, smart, and thoughtful scholars who have a lot to say and a lot to show and tell. Through superb fieldwork, effective use of complementary data, clear prose, and evocative photographs, Knowles and Harper have created an extraordinarily rich account of how and where immigrant experiences intersect with Hong Kong social structure."-Jon Wagner, University of California, Davis, This is a terrific book by a pair of creative, smart, and thoughtful scholars who have a lot to say and a lot to show and tell. Through superb fieldwork, effective use of complementary data, clear prose, and evocative photographs, Knowles and Harper have created an extraordinarily rich account of how and where immigrant experiences intersect with Hong Kong social structure., Knowles and Harper have brought the postcolonial down to earth in this poignant portrait of the intersections between migrants of diverse origins and circumstances residing in Hong Kong. Their study reminds us that the most privileged migrants are not necessarily the most 'skilled' at connecting with difference. This is a major and highly innovative contribution to our understanding of contemporary forms of migration., "Knowles and Harper have brought the postcolonial down to earth in this poignant portrait of the intersections between migrants of diverse origins and circumstances residing in Hong Kong. Their study reminds us that the most privileged migrants are not necessarily the most 'skilled' at connecting with difference. This is a major and highly innovative contribution to our understanding of contemporary forms of migration."-Vered Amit, Concordia University
Table of Content
Acknowledgements Prologue BEGINNINGS AND ENDINGS Arriving in Hong Kong Framing Migration Framing Migrants Framing Hong Kong Chineseness Framing Whiteness Framing Empire and After Framing the Investigation Arranging the Dead Soldiering On Drying the Flag MAKING NEW LIVES An Ordinary Life(style) Day-trip to Shenzhen Inside the Expatriate Bubble Fabricating the City Moving On THE ENGLISH BUSINESS The Schools and Language Game Trading Places OLD CHINA HANDS Riding the Waves Managing Dis/Location Island Life "Britain Saddens Me" Lifestyle Migration The Baby WORKING GLOBAL SYSTEMS Corporate Lives/Wives The United States and the Matrix of Global Dominance "Choosers and Loosers" Chungking Mansions Central Kowloon Mosque Indian Food LIFE AT THE TOP The Peak Ladies Who Lunch Tea? SERVICE Serving-Class Migrants Living inside Others' Lives Sundays in Statue Square Relationships in the Philippines Routes Out BOYS' NIGHT OUT Night and Day in Wanchai Wanchai Warriors The "Girlies" CLUBBING Club Scenes United Services Recreation Club Poolside with the Vicars's Wife Poolside with the Diver "It's time to pack up and go home" Kowloon Cricket Club ON PATROL MIGRATION REVISITED ENDINGS AND BEGINNINGS Bringing it All Back Home Joyce Notes Index
Copyright Date
2009
Target Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Topic
Asia / China, International / General, Customs & Traditions, Sociology / Urban
Lccn
2009-007963
Dewey Decimal
305.9/06912095125
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Travel, Business & Economics, Social Science
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