Consuming Hong Kong - Edited by Gordon Mathews and Tai-lok Lui - Bookniverse
Consuming Hong Kong
Edited by Gordon Mathews and Tai-lok Lui
US $20.00
Thu Oct 04 2001 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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9789882204010
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ePub
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Hong Kong University Press
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Consumption forms an essential part of Hong Kong people’s lives today, but until now little serious attention has been paid to it. This book fills this gap, in a fascinating way. The contributors to this volume explore such topics as:
- the coming of shopping malls to Hong Kong
- tenants’ senses of home in cramped public housing
- the experiences of movie-going
- alcohol as a marker of social class
- the pursuit of fashion
- Chinese art and identity among Hong Kong collectors
- the dream and reality of owning a flat
- Lan Kwai Fong and its mystique
- the McDonald’s Snoopy craze of fall 1998
- cultural identity and consumption in Hong Kong today
This book shows how the detailed ehtnographic study of consumption in Hong Kong can lead to a deeper understanding of Hong Kong life as a whole, as well as of consumption in the world at large.
About the author(s)
View moreEdited by Gordon Mathews and Tai-lok Lui
Gordon Mathews teaches anthropology at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He has written Global Culture/Individual Identity: Searching For Home in the Cultural Supermarket (2000).
Tai-lok Lui teaches sociology at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He has co-edited The Dynamics of Social Movement in Hong Kong (2000), and co-authored City States in the Global Economy (1997).
About the publisher
View moreEstablished in 1956, and part of the University of Hong Kong, Asia’s most prominent English-speaking university, HKU Press publishes more than 30 new titles annually, with a growing proportion (more than 25%) in Chinese. Building on Hong Kong's unique global position, HKU Press books examine, critique, and celebrate Asia’s place in the world. We have gained particular renown for publications in Chinese history and culture, law, public health, social work, film/media studies, art and architecture/urban planning.
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