Hong Kong, China: Learning to Belong to a Nation

by Gordon Mathews, Eric Kit-wai Ma, Tai-Lok Lui, et al.

Book Overview

The idea of 'national identity' is an ambiguous one for Hong Kong. Returned to the national embrace of China on 1 July 1997 after 150 years as a British colony, the concept of national identity and what it means to "belong to a nation" is a matter of great tension and contestation in Hong Kong.

Written by three academic specialists on Hong Kong cultural identity, social history, and mass media, this book explores the processes through which...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415480132
• ISBN13: 9780415480130
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 8.9"