Unstructuring Chinese society : the fictions of colonial practice and the changing realities of "land" in the new territories of Hong Kong / Allen Chun.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chun, Allen John Uck Lun, 1952-

Contributor:

Chun, Allen John Uck Lun, 1952-

Series:

Studies in anthropology and history 1055-2464 ; v. 27.

Studies in anthropology and history, 1055-2464 ; v. 27

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social structure--China--New Territories.

Social structure.

Ethnology--China--New Territories.

Ethnology.

New Territories (China)--Rural conditions.

New Territories (China).

New Territories (China)--Social life and customs.

Hong Kong (China)--History.

Hong Kong (China).

China--New Territories.

Physical Description:

xv, 348 pages : maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam, The Netherlands : Harwood Academic, [2000]

Summary:

Unstructuring Chinese Society is a culmination of long term field work and archival research that challenges existing theories of social organization and cultural change. The book makes new sense of historical contradictions, political conflicts and deep seated social transformations that have underlined the experience of colonial rule and the practices of local institutions in Hong Kong over the past century. By focusing on the ongoing interactions of discourse, practice and global-local relations in cultural terms, Unstructuring Chinese Society puts forth a fresh perspective in the field of historical anthropology, while addressing ongoing, critical concerns in post-colonial theory and our understanding of tradition and modernity.

Notes:

Revision and expansion of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Chicago, 1985 under the title: Land is to live.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-342) and index.

Related Work:

Chun, Allen John Uck Lun, 1952- Land is to live.

ISBN:

9057024500

OCLC:

41387874