Space and Everyday Lives of Children in Hong Kong : The Interwar Period / / Stella Meng Wang

• Autore: Meng Wang Stella
• Pubblicazione: Cham, Switzerland : , : Macmillan Palgrave, , [2023]; ©2023
• Edizione: First edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (278 pages)
• Disciplina: 305.230951
• Soggetto topico: Children - China
• Soggetto geografico: Hong Kong (China) Social conditions
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- A Note on Romanisation -- Acknowledgements -- Abstract -- Contents -- About the Author -- List of Figures -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- 1.1 Histories of Childhood in the British Empire -- 1.2 Hong Kong: A Colonial City in the Everyday, 1841-1941 -- 1.2.1 English Schooling for the Children of the Urban Bourgeoisie: Early Developments, 1841-1901 -- 1.2.2 Expansion and Diversification of English Education 1901-1941 -- 1.2.3 Higher Education -- 1.3 Methods and Sources -- 1.3.1 State Reports and Sites of Colonial Intervention -- 1.3.2 Newspapers and Everyday Life -- 1.3.3 Oral History and Lived Spaces -- 1.3.4 Siting the Visual -- 1.4 Chapter Outline -- Chapter 2: Garden City: Urban Form, Colonial Domesticity, and Spaces of Play in Childhood, 1921-1941 -- 2.1 Garden City Movement and Colonial Domesticity in Hong Kong: A Background -- 2.2 Home with a Garden: Domestic Architecture and Play Space for Children -- 2.2.1 New House-Forms for the Middle-Class: Garden Cities in the 1920s and 1930s -- 2.3 Garden City and Urban Form: Neighbourhood Playground for Children -- 2.3.1 A New Architecture of Play -- 2.3.2 Involvement of Chinese Elites -- 2.3.3 Subversive Acts of Play -- 2.4 Conclusion -- Chapter 3: Architecture of Health: Hygiene and Schooling in Hong Kong, 1901-1941 -- 3.1 Hygiene, Health, Eugenics, and Schooling -- 3.2 School Architecture and Sanitary Reform: A Background, 1890-1913 -- 3.3 Building Healthy Schools: Curriculum of Hygiene, Architecture, and Medical Inspection, 1913-1921 -- 3.3.1 Hygiene Education School Curriculum -- 3.3.2 New Building Design -- 3.3.3 A System of Medical Inspection -- 3.4 Health, Progressive Education, and School Architecture, 1921-1931 -- 3.4.1 Progressive Ideas Informed Schooling Practices -- 3.4.2 Physical Education -- 3.4.3 Founding of the School Hygiene Branch. ; 3.5 Timetable and Engineering of Bodily Movement, 1931-1941 -- 3.6 Conclusion -- Chapter 4: Treading a Different Path: Gender and the Literary Space at St. Stephen's Girls' College, 1921-1941 -- 4.1 Gender as Perspective -- 4.2 English Education for Elite Chinese Girls in Hong Kong: Founding of St. Stephen's Girls' College -- 4.3 Chinese Women in Higher Education: Debates and Experiences, 1921-1941 -- 4.3.1 St. Stephen's School Curriculum and Higher Education -- 4.3.2 Life in University and Profession -- 4.4 Chinese Women in Public Affairs: Philanthropic Activities at St. Stephen's, 1921-1941 -- 4.4.1 Educational Work: The Free School for Domestic Servants and Street Children -- 4.4.2 Charitable Work: Fundraising Bazaars and Concerts -- 4.4.3 War Relief and Medical Work in Connection with Women's Clubs -- 4.5 Conclusion -- Chapter 5: Lifting Girls: Chinese Women, Vocational Education, and the YWCA in Hong Kong, 1921-1941 -- 5.1 The Founding of HKYWCA -- 5.2 Vocational Education for Chinese Girls in the Formal Schooling System, 1921-1941 -- 5.2.1 Educating a Class of Chinese Female Professionals: Foundational Phase in the 1910s -- 5.2.2 New Patterns in the 1920s -- 5.2.3 Industrial, Trade, and Technical Schools for Chinese Boys in the 1930s -- 5.3 The HKYWCA and the Public Engagement of Female Professionals, 1921-1941 -- 5.3.1 Vocational Education and Literacy Classes -- 5.3.2 Health Education for Mothers and Medical Care for Children -- 5.4 Conclusion -- Chapter 6: Reimaging the Colonial Space: Femininity and Everyday Life of Girl Guides in Hong Kong, 1921-1941 -- 6.1 Theorising Femininity -- 6.2 English Girls' Schools for Middle-Class Chinese Girls, 1890-1921 -- 6.2.1 State and Voluntary Efforts -- 6.2.2 The Multiracial Makeup of Urban English Girls' Schools -- 6.3 The Origin and Growth of Guiding in Hong Kong, 1921-1941. ; 6.3.1 An Urban Middle-Class Phenomenon in the 1920s -- 6.3.2 Expanding Geography and Membership to Rural and Working-Class Girls in the 1930s -- 6.4 Usefulness in the Domestic and Public Sphere: A New Spatiality for the 'Feminine Instinct of Service' -- 6.4.1 The Shifting Frame of Femininity and Schooling Practice in Hong Kong, 1921-1941 -- 6.4.2 Usefulness and the Affective Interior of Guides: Social Work in the Public Sphere -- 6.5 Feminine Physique in the Sporting and Outdoor Scene -- 6.5.1 Feminine Physique and the Sporting Scene in English Girls' Schools, 1901-1941 -- 6.5.2 Fit Feminine Physique as an Imperial Spectacle, 1921-1941 -- 6.6 Conclusion -- Chapter 7: Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Primary Sources -- Government Documents -- Life Histories -- Newspapers -- School Publications -- Secondary Sources -- Articles -- Books -- Dissertations -- Index.
• Titolo autorizzato: Space and Everyday Lives of Children in Hong Kong
• ISBN: 3-031-44401-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910799246703321
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• Serie: Global histories of education.