Consuming Hong Kong

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Consumption forms an essential part of Hong Kong people's lives today, but until now little serious attention has been paid to it. This book fills this gap, in a fascinating way.

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Title Statements

Full title :Consuming Hong Kong / edited by Gordon Mathews and Tai-lok Lui.

Summary

Consumption forms an essential part of Hong Kong people's lives today, but until now little serious attention has been paid to it. This book fills this gap, in a fascinating way.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2001.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Hong Kong University Press
Place of Publication:Hong Kong
Language:eng
Publication Date:2001.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xi, 340 pages) : : illustrations, map

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9789882200876, 9882200877, 128270589X, 9781282705890
oclc:ocn642685734
LC Classification:HF5415.33.C6
Dewey Decimal:339.47095125

The malling of Hong Kong / Tai-lok Lui -- Making house into home: interior design in Hong Kong public housing / Nuala Rooney -- Consuming cinema: reflections on movies and market-places in contemporary Hong Kong / Cindy Hing-yuk Wong and Gary W. McDonogh -- Hierarchy of drinks: alcohol and social class in Hong Kong / Eric Kit-wai Ma -- Shopping for fashion in Hong Kong / Annie Hau-nung Chan -- The sense of things: Chinese art in the lives of Hong Kong collectors and connoisseurs / Eric Otto Wear -- Consuming a dream: homes in advertisements and imagination in contemporary Hong Kong / Helen Hau-ling Cheng -- Consuming places in Hong Kong: experiencing Lan Kwai Fong / Sea-ling Cheng -- The McDonald's Snoopy craze in Hong Kong / Joseph Bosco -- Cultural identity and consumption in post-colonial Hong Kong / Gordon Mathews.

Subjects

BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics China -- Hong Kong Consommateurs -- Comportement -- Chine Consommation (Économie politique) -- Ch… Consumer behavior Consumer behavior -- China Consumption (Economics) Consumption (Economics) -- China Economic history Hong Kong (China) -- Economic conditions Hongkong (Chine) -- Conditions économiq… POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Economic Conditions