Unstructuring Chinese Society
The Fictions of Colonial Practice and the Changing Realities of "Land" in the New Territories of Hong Kong
1st Edition
Published on 10. January 2000
Book
Hardback
366 pages
978-90-5702-450-4 (ISBN)
Description
Unstructuring Chinese Society puts forth a fresh perspective in the field of historical anthropology, while addressing ongoing critical concerns in postcolonial theory and our understanding of tradition and modernity.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Publishing group
Gordon and Breach
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
716 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-5702-450-4 (9789057024504)
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Allen Chun
Unstructuring Chinese Society
The Fictions of Colonial Practice and the Changing Realities of "Land" in the New Territories of Hong Kong
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08/2004
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Allen Chun
Unstructuring Chinese Society
The Fictions of Colonial Practice and the Changing Realities of "Land" in the New Territories of Hong Kong
E-Book
08/2004
1st Edition
Routledge
€45.99
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Allen Chun
Unstructuring Chinese Society
The Fictions of Colonial Practice and the Changing Realities of "Land" in the New Territories of Hong Kong
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02/2002
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Person
Allen Chun is a Research Fellow in the institute of Ethnology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan. He has held lectureships at the National University of Singapore, the University of California, Berkeley, USA and the Australian National University, and has published widely on nationalism, social theory and cultural identity in East Asia
Content
Introduction: The Field of History in the Field 1. Earthbound Anthropologies in 'Structure' of Chinese Society 2. The Changing Meaning of Colonial Policy on Land in the New Territories of Hong Kong 3. The Changing Meaning of Land in Colonial Hong Kong 4. The Meaning of Tradition in a Progressive Society 5. Culture's Colonialism: The Future of Method