Hong Kong: Anthropological Essays on a Chinese Metropolis

by Maria Tam and Grant Evans

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.
This collection of essays attempts to transcend the old polarities...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 070070602X
• ISBN13: 9780700706020
• Release Date: June 1997
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"