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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784376103321

Autore

Abbas M. A (M. Ackbar)

Titolo

Hong Kong [[electronic resource] ] : culture and the politics of disappearance / / Ackbar Abbas

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c1997

ISBN

0-8166-8798-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (164 p.)

Collana

Public worlds ; ; v. 2

Disciplina

951.25

Soggetti

Hong Kong (China) History

Hong Kong (China) Civilization

Hong Kong (China) History Transfer of Sovereignty from Great Britain, 1997

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-150) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: Culture in a Space of Disappearance; 2 The New Hong Kong Cinema and the Déjà 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

Sommario/riassunto

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.