Consuming Hong Kong / edited by Gordon Mathews and Tai-lok Lui.
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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| Online Access: | Electronic book from JSTOR |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: | Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, 2001. |
| Series: | Hong Kong culture and society.
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Table of Contents:
- 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.