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Autore |
Ren Hai <1965-, > |
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Titolo |
Neoliberalism and culture in China and Hong Kong : the countdown of timbslqwe / / Hai Ren |
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London ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2010 |
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ISBN |
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1-136-92364-0 |
1-136-92365-9 |
1-282-91293-3 |
9786612912931 |
0-203-84493-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (253 p.) |
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Collana |
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Routledge Contemporary China Series |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Culture and globalization - China |
Globalization - China |
Neoliberalism - China |
China Economic conditions 2000- |
Hong Kong (China) History Transfer of Sovereignty from Great Britain, 1997 Economic aspects |
Hong Kong (China) History Transfer of Sovereignty from Great Britain, 1997 Social aspects |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures and tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction: The role of reunification with Hong Kong in the neoliberalization of the Chinese state; 1 The Hong Kong question: From sovereignty to government; 2 The affective economy of the Hong Kong countdown: Media convergence, public feelings, and neoliberal subjectivity; 3 History as a governmental discourse; 4 Morality and pleasure in the synchronization with the world; 5 The super-firm in spatial representations of socialism and capitalism; 6 Memories of the future in Hong Kong |
Conclusion: Is China truly neoliberal, or a state with neoliberal characteristics?Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book examines the period leading up to the Hong Kong handover |
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in 1997 - the 'countdown of time', and by using iconic cultural symbols such as the countdown clock, the Hong Kong Museum exhibitions and cultural heritage sites, argues that China has undergone a transition to neoliberal state, in part through its reunification with Hong Kong.The problem of synchronization with the world, a Chinese phrase that epitomizes China's engagement with modern capitalism since the first Opium War, was characterized throughout the 20th century as a 'humiliation', 'weakness', 'tragedy' and 'dis |
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