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The Mother of All Journeys (Hardcover)
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The Mother of All Journeys (Hardcover)
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Inspired by the memories of his mother, originally told to Dinu Li
as childhood bed-time stories, "The Mother of All Journeys" traces,
through photographs and personal quotes, the story of a woman born
in rural China and her escape to a new life via Hong Kong and
eventually the industrial north of England. Li collaborated with
his mother, using each other's recollections as starting points and
comparing the actual with the images lodged in their minds. Li's
photographs tease out fragmented moments in time, charting rural
traditions from 1920s China and the communist ideologies of the
late 1940s. Spanning two decades from the mid 50s, Li turns his
attention to a Hong Kong changing from fishing village to urban
metropolis. Under British administration, it was a time of
sweatshops and western influence. Finally Li focuses on Britain,
from the resettlement of his family there in the 70s, at a time of
strikes and de-industrialisation, through to the millennium, and an
era of multiculturalism and globalisation. Aided by family
snapshots and Li's mother's narration, "The Mother Of All Journeys"
triggers a sense of repetition and nostalgia, invoking glimpses of
the times we live in.
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