Hong Kong : culture and the politics of disappearance /

In an intriguing and provocative exploration of its cinema, architecture, photography, and literature, Ackbar Abbas considers what Hong Kong can teach us about the future of both the colonial city and the global city.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Abbas, M. A. (M. Ackbar)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©1997.
Series:Public worlds ; v. 2.
Subjects:
1997
HISTORY.
HISTORY > Asia > China.
Civilization.
Acculturatie.
Hong Kong (China) > History.
Hong Kong (China) > Civilization.
Hong Kong (China) > History > Transfer of Sovereignty from Great Britain, 1997.
Hongkong (Chine) > Histoire > 1997 (Rétrocession à la Chine)
China > Hong Kong.
International Politics
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: Culture in a Space of Disappearance; 2 The New Hong Kong Cinema and the Déj©¡ Disparu; 3 Wong Kar-wai: Hong Kong Filmmaker; 4 Building on Disappearance: Hong Kong Architecture and Colonial Space; 5 Photographing Disappearance; 6 Writing Hong Kong; 7 Coda: Hyphenation and Postculture; Notes; Index.

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