Ng Paradigm City

Space, Culture, and Capitalism in Hong Kong
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-7914-7722-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 210 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: SUNY series in Global Modernity

Materially grounded analysis of contemporary film, literature, and music in Hong Kong that resists the superficial stereotypes of the “global city.”

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ng, Janet

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Freizeitsoziologie, Konsumsoziologie, Alltagssoziologie, Populärkultur
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Populärkultur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction 1. “World Suicide Capital” 2. Walking Down Memory Lane: On the Streets of the Hong Kong History Museum’s Paradigm City 3. Quality Citizens in Public Spaces 4. The World Emporium and the Mall City 5. Body Weight, Responsible Citizenship, and Women’s Social Space 6. Homecoming from Cosmopolitanism Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Janet Ng is Associate Professor of Asian Literature at the City University of New York, College of Staten Island and author of The Experience of Modernity: Chinese Autobiography of the Early Twentieth Century.