{"product_id":"hong-kong-9","title":"Hong Kong","description":"Hong Kong has become a by-word for all that is modern and sparkling in Asia today.\nYet 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.\nThis 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.\nIt 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.\nThis collection presents an intriguing insight into the process of transition from 'tradition' to 'modernity' in this Modern Chinese Metropolis.","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54236358279512,"sku":"9780700706020","price":58.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780700706020_d9b14f33-8feb-4097-80fe-38d9f96296b2.jpg?v=1779422479","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/hong-kong-9","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}