Hong Kong : Culture and the Politics of Disappearance

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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
Main Author: Abbas, Ackbar
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 1997.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
East Asia.
History & Archaeology.
Regions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East.
Civilization.
Hong Kong (China)
Hong Kong (China) > History.
Hong Kong (China) > History > Transfer of Sovereignty from Great Britain, 1997.
Hong Kong (China) > Civilization.
China > Hong Kong.
Hongkong (Chine) > Histoire > 1997 (Retrocession à la Chine)
Hong Kong (China) > History > Transfer of Sovereignty from Great Britain, 1997.
Hong Kong (China) > Civilization.
Hong Kong (China) > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: Culture in a Space of Disappearance; 2 The New Hong Kong Cinema and the Dejà 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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