|
Showing 1 - 3 of
3 matches in All Departments
Global Hong Kong locates Hong Kong in the contemporary globalizing
world. Hong Kong, as the authors argue, is an archetypal place,
sitting at the intersection of East and West. It is also a major
center for global capital flows and world trade. Moreover, in
recent years, the island's global cultural power has become
increasingly evident, as Hong Kong popular culture has spread to
the West via a booming film industry. While looking at issues of
postcoloniality, transnationalism and economic globalization, Wong
and McDonogh focus on the new cultures and social formations of
contemporary Hong Kong, as well as the transformation of the
physical city itself. They also trace the new interconnections -
economic, demographic, social and cultural - between Hong Kong and
other parts of the worldthat have benn fostered by
globalization.
Books in this series look at how nations and regions across the
world are navigating the tumultuous currents of globalization.
Concise, descriptive, interdisciplinary, and theoretically
informed, they serve as ideal introductions to the peoples and
places of our increasingly globalized world.
Part of the new Globalizing Regions series, this fascinating text
locates Hong Kong at the intersection of East and West in a rapidly
globalizing world. A known major center for global capital flows
and world trade, the former city state's global cultural power has
also become increasingly evident in recent years as Hong Kong
popular culture has spread to the West via a booming film industry.
The authors of this text combine an analysis of the new cultures
and social formations of contemporary Hong Kong, as well as the
transformation of the physical city itself, with the broader issues
of post-colonialism, transnationalism and economic globalization.
They also trace the new interconnections that have been fostered by
globalization - economic, demographic, social and cultural -
between Hong Kong and the surrounding East Asian region as well as
with emigrant Chinese communities in the US. Providing a rich
discussion of Hong Kong's history, society and it's enormously
influential popular culture, this book will be essential reading
for students of Hong Kong and Chinese studies courses, cultural
studies, and also urban studies.
|
You may like...
The King in Yellow
Eric J. Guignard, Leslie S. Klinger
Paperback
R378
Discovery Miles 3 780
Animal Farm
George Orwell
Paperback
R128
R117
Discovery Miles 1 170
|