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846706
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Abbas, M. A., (M. Ackbar)
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| Title & Author
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Hong Kong : : culture and the politics of disappearance /\ Ackbar Abbas.
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| Publication Statement
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Minneapolis :: University of Minnesota Press,, ©1997.
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Public worlds ;; v. 2
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1 online resource (vii, 155 pages) :: illustrations.
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| ISBN
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0816629242
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: 0816687986
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: 9780816629244
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: 9780816687985
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0816629242
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0816629250
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9780816629251
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-150) and index.
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| Contents
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Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: Culture in a Space of Disappearance; 2 The New Hong Kong Cinema and the Déj©¡ Disparu; 3 Wong Kar-wai: Hong Kong Filmmaker; 4 Building on Disappearance: Hong Kong Architecture and Colonial Space; 5 Photographing Disappearance; 6 Writing Hong Kong; 7 Coda: Hyphenation and Postculture; Notes; Index.
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In an intriguing and provocative exploration of its cinema, architecture, photography, and literature, Ackbar Abbas considers what Hong Kong can teach us about the future of both the colonial city and the global city.
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Civilization.
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HISTORY-- Asia-- China.
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HISTORY.
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Acculturatie.
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Hong Kong (China), Civilization.
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Hong Kong (China), History, Transfer of Sovereignty from Great Britain, 1997.
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Hong Kong (China), History.
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China, Hong Kong.
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| Dewey Classification
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951.25
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| LC Classification
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DS796.H75A34 1997eb
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