Pursuing fragments -- Pulling together, falling apart -- Knowing fragments -- Writing in fragments -- Political framings -- Walking cities -- In completion. "Cities are becoming increasingly fragmented materially, socially, and spatially. Fragments of the City examines the frag…
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"Russian Orthodox Christianity is the cornerstone of a diverse cultural community in modern Hong Kong. This book explores the contributions that this group has made to the social landscape of Hong Kong from the British colonial period to the current era of integration into China…
This book examines the British cultural engagement with Hong Kong in the second half of the twentieth century. It shows how the territory fit unusually within Britain's decolonisation narratives and served as an occasional foil for examining Britain's own culture during a period…
A major contribution to the scholarship on British decolonisation, the cultural history of imperialism and Britain's engagement with China, this highly original study places the emergence of contemporary Hong Kong in a wider post-imperial setting.
In 1978 the films Snake in the Eagle's Shadow and Drunken Master, both starring a young Jackie Chan, caused a stir in the Hong Kong cinema industry and changed the landscape of martial arts cinema. Mixing virtuoso displays of acrobatic kung fu with knockabout humor to huge box o…
"This edited book is uniquely set in the context of Chinese societies. It deals with the issues of inclusive education in a Chinese context and examines inclusion from the experience of Hong Kong schools. Like other countries, in Hong Kong, inclusive education has been promoted …
From melodrama to Cantonese opera, from silents to 3D animated film, Remaking Chinese Cinema traces cross-Pacific film remaking over the last eight decades. Through the refractive prism of Hollywood, Shanghai, and Hong Kong, Yiman Wang revolutionizes our understanding of Chinese…
From melodrama to Cantonese opera, from silents to 3D animated film, this book traces cross-Pacific film remaking over the last eight decades. Through the refractive prism of Hollywood, Shanghai, and Hong Kong, the author revolutionizes our understanding of Chinese cinema as nat…
"Hong Kong's vibrant economic environment attracts business from all over the globe. Its dynamism and competitiveness have long been recognized, but not well understood. What does the future hold for the world's quintessential business city? Will Hong Kong maintain its position …
"Hong Kong's vibrant economic environment attracts business from all over the globe. Its dynamism and competitiveness have long been recognized, but not well understood. What does the future hold for the world's quintessential business city? Will Hong Kong maintain its position …