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Record Nr.

UNINA9910300588603321

Titolo

Cultural Conflict in Hong Kong [[electronic resource] ] : Angles on a Coherent Imaginary / / edited by Jason S. Polley, Vinton W.K. Poon, Lian-Hee Wee

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2018

ISBN

981-10-7766-5

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (335 pages)

Disciplina

951.25

Soggetti

Cultural studies

Ethnology—Asia

Imperialism

Literature   

Cultural Studies

Asian Culture

Imperialism and Colonialism

Postcolonial/World Literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines how in navigating Hong Kong’s colonial history alongside its ever-present Chinese identity, the city has come to manifest a conflicting socio-cultural plurality.  Drawing together scholars, critics, commentators, and creators on the vanguard of the emerging field of Hong Kong Studies, the essay volume presents a gyroscopic perspective that discerns what is made in from what is made into Hong Kong while weaving a patchwork of the territory’s contested local imaginary. This collection celebrates as it critiques the current state of Hong Kong society on the 20th anniversary of its handover to China. The gyroscopic outlook of the volume makes it a true area studies book-length treatment of Hong Kong, and a key and interdisciplinary read for students and scholars wishing to explore the territory’s complexities.