Hong Kong : culture and the politics of disappearance / Ackbar Abbas.
Hong Kong : culture and the politics of disappearance / Ackbar Abbas.
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Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 1997.
Date
1997.
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N951.25/19
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English
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vii, 155 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. Introduction: Culture in a Space of Disappearance -- 2. The New Hong Kong Cinema and the Deja Disparu -- 3. Wong Kar-wai: Hong Kong Filmmaker -- 4. Building on Disappearance: Hong Kong Architecture and Colonial Space -- 5. Photographing Disappearance -- 6. Writing Hong Kong -- 7. Coda: Hyphenatio...
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Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 1997.
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Minnesota
Date Published
1997.
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The Culture of Hong Kong encompasses Jackie Chan and John Woo, British colonial architecture and postmodern skyscrapers. Ironically, it was not until they were faced with the imposition of Mainland power - with the signing of the Sino-British Joint Agreement in 1984 - that the denizens of the colony began the search for a Hong Kong identity. Accord...
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Hong Kong : culture and the politics of disappearance / Ackbar Abbas.
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Public worlds ; v. 2.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-150) and index.
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N951.25/19
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74VM8lLxzdwX
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VM8lLxzdwX
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ISBN
0816629242 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9780816629244 (hard : alk. paper)
0816629242 (hard : alk. paper)
9780816629251 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0816629250 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780816629244 (hbk. : alk. paper)
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951.25
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991000316239702626
