This book contains thirteen essays on post-1997 Hong Kong culture by some of the world's best authorities on this topic today. The majority of the essays are on literature and film. As well as these two genres, some essays also explore new types of texts such as protest art.
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Does Hong Kong culture still matter? This informative and interdisciplinary volume proves unmistakably so. It stands as an essential Hong Kong reader, a rich resource not only for those specialized in Hong Kong culture and history but also for students, teachers and researchers interested in cosmopolitanism, postcolonial conditions, as well as cultural globalization. -- Laikwan Pang, The Chinese University of Hong Kong The essays are all highly readable and they are all fundamental readings for courses about Hong Kong... The book will definitely invite further scholarship in Hong Kong's literary, cinematic, and cultural studies under an ever-renewing context. China Perspectives
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Höhe: 229 mm
Breite: 152 mm
Dicke: 15 mm
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978-988-8028-41-2 (9789888028412)
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Kam Louie is dean of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Hong Kong.
