Hong Kong

Hong Kong's Modern Identity

Hong Kong has become a by-word for all that is modern and sparkling in Asia today.

Yet tourist brochures still play with the old cliche of Hong Kong as a place where East meets West. Images of so-called traditional China, junks sailing Victoria Harbour or old women praying to gods in smoky temples, mingle with those portraying Hong Kong as a consumer and business paradise.

Exploring Modern Hong Kong

This collection of essays attempts to transcend the old polarities. It looks at modern Hong Kong in all its splendour and diversity in the run-up to its re-absorption into Greater China in mid-97, through the mediums of film, food, architecture, rumours and slang.

Chinese Identity and Cultural Change

It explores the question of a distinct, modern Chinese identity in Hong Kong, and even when it explores the traditional stamping ground of the older anthropology in the New Territories it finds a dramatically changed context, in particular for women.

Transition from Tradition to Modernity

This collection presents an intriguing insight into the process of transition from tradition to modernity in this Modern Chinese Metropolis.