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Ghetto at the Center of the World

Chungking Mansions, Hong Kong

de Gordon Mathews ...

"Chungking Mansions is a microcosm of globalization . . . Anyone who seeks insights into the soft underbelly of global capitalism should read this book." —James L. Watson, coauthor of Village Life in Hong KongThere is nowhere else in the world quite like Chungking Mansions, a dilapidated seventeen-story commercial and residential structure in the heart of Hong Kong's tourist district. A ... Leer más

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"Chungking Mansions is a microcosm of globalization . . . Anyone who seeks insights into the soft underbelly of global capitalism should read this book." —James L. Watson, coauthor of Village Life in Hong KongThere is nowhere else in the world quite like Chungking Mansions, a dilapidated seventeen-story commercial and residential structure in the heart of Hong Kong's tourist district. A
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The World in Guangzhou

Africans and Other Foreigners in South China's Global Marketplace

de Gordon Mathews,, Linessa Dan Lin, Yang Yang ...

Only decades ago, the population of Guangzhou was almost wholly Chinese. Today, it is a truly global city, a place where people from around the world go to make new lives, find themselves, or further their careers. A large number of these migrants are small-scale traders from Africa who deal in Chinese goods—often knockoffs or copies of high-end branded items—to send back to their home countries. ... Leer más

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Only decades ago, the population of Guangzhou was almost wholly Chinese. Today, it is a truly global city, a place where people from around the world go to make new lives, find themselves, or further their careers. A large number of these migrants are small-scale traders from Africa who deal in Chinese goods—often knockoffs or copies of high-end branded items—to send back to their home countries.
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最後一課II：在斷裂時刻，回望此身的記憶之書

de 羅永生, 樊善標, 許偉恒, 麥高登（Gordon Mathews） ...

Series Libro 2 - 記憶書系
◤「最後一課」第二輯 · 溫暖面世 ◢羅永生、樊善標、許偉恒、麥高登（Gordon Mathews）四位香港知識人的學思回眸：與時代同行在黑夜共學無從告別的斷裂時刻，為未來埋下記憶的種子｜本書特色｜最後一課，是告別，也是延續；是通過記憶，直指未來。在不同的年代裡，離開教席前的老師們，如何講授他們的「最後一課」？這些思想的吉光片羽，如何穿透層層壁壘，到未來與讀者們重逢？飛地出版策劃《最後一課》系列，收錄在離開講壇之際，學者、教師們的學思回眸；讓那些在課堂中被中斷的對話，在我們當下的閱讀與思考中，因此得以延續。本書為系列第二輯，邀請四位在香港執教多年的學者，寫下他們的最後一課，關於教育與治學的深思剖白：▍羅永生，文化研究學者，嶺南大學文化研究系退休副教授▍樊善標，香港作家、學者，香港中文大學中國語言及文學系退休教授▍許偉恒，... ... Leer más

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◤「最後一課」第二輯 · 溫暖面世 ◢羅永生、樊善標、許偉恒、麥高登（Gordon Mathews）四位香港知識人的學思回眸：與時代同行在黑夜共學無從告別的斷裂時刻，為未來埋下記憶的種子｜本書特色｜最後一課，是告別，也是延續；是通過記憶，直指未來。在不同的年代裡，離開教席前的老師們，如何講授他們的「最後一課」？這些思想的吉光片羽，如何穿透層層壁壘，到未來與讀者們重逢？飛地出版策劃《最後一課》系列，收錄在離開講壇之際，學者、教師們的學思回眸；讓那些在課堂中被中斷的對話，在我們當下的閱讀與思考中，因此得以延續。本書為系列第二輯，邀請四位在香港執教多年的學者，寫下他們的最後一課，關於教育與治學的深思剖白：▍羅永生，文化研究學者，嶺南大學文化研究系退休副教授▍樊善標，香港作家、學者，香港中文大學中國語言及文學系退休教授▍許偉恒，...
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Life After Death Today in the United States, Japan, and China

de Gordon Mathews, Yang Yang, Miu Ying Kwong ...

This book is about contemporary senses of life after death in the United States, Japan, and China.By collecting and examining hundreds of interviews with people from all walks of life in these three societies, the book presents and compares personally held beliefs, experiences, and interactions with the concept of life after death. Three major aspects covered by the book Include, but are certainly ... Leer más

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This book is about contemporary senses of life after death in the United States, Japan, and China.By collecting and examining hundreds of interviews with people from all walks of life in these three societies, the book presents and compares personally held beliefs, experiences, and interactions with the concept of life after death. Three major aspects covered by the book Include, but are certainly
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Hong Kong, China

Learning to belong to a nation

de Gordon Mathews, Eric Ma, Tai-Lok Lui ...

Series series Routledge Contemporary China Series
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, ... Leer más

$68.99 USD

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,
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Norms and Illegality

Intimate Ethnographies and Politics

de Cristiana Panella, Isabella Clough Marinaro, Andrew Walsh, Rudi Colloredo-Mansfeld, Lorelei C. Mendoza, B. Lynne Milgram, Florence E. Babb, Michael Herzfeld, Walter E. Little, Gordon Mathews1, Alan Smart2 ...

Norms and Illegality: Intimate Ethnographies and Politics explores liminal and illegal practices in relation to political control and cultural normativity. The contributors draw on years of ethnographic experiences in Greece, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Italy, Madagascar, Mali, Philippines, and Thailand to study the contradictions of what is legal and illegal. They explore the production of illegal ... Leer más

$89.99 USD

Norms and Illegality: Intimate Ethnographies and Politics explores liminal and illegal practices in relation to political control and cultural normativity. The contributors draw on years of ethnographic experiences in Greece, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Italy, Madagascar, Mali, Philippines, and Thailand to study the contradictions of what is legal and illegal. They explore the production of illegal
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Global Culture/Individual Identity

Searching for Home in the Cultural Supermarket

de Gordon Mathews ...

Most people still think of themselves as belonging to a particular culture. Yet today, many of us who live in affluent societies choose aspects of our lives from a global cultural supermarket, whether in terms of food, the arts or spiritual beliefs. So if roots are becoming simply one more consumer choice, can we still claim to possess a fundamental cultural identity?Global Culture/Individual ... Leer más

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Most people still think of themselves as belonging to a particular culture. Yet today, many of us who live in affluent societies choose aspects of our lives from a global cultural supermarket, whether in terms of food, the arts or spiritual beliefs. So if roots are becoming simply one more consumer choice, can we still claim to possess a fundamental cultural identity?Global Culture/Individual
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Pursuits of Happiness

Well-Being in Anthropological Perspective

Edición de Gordon Mathews, Carolina Izquierdo ...

Anthropology has long shied away from examining how human beings may lead happy and fulfilling lives. This book, however, shows that the ethnographic examination of well-being—defined as “the optimal state for an individual, a community, and a society”—and the comparison of well-being within and across societies is a new and important area for anthropological inquiry. Distinctly different in ... Leer más

$23.99 USD

Anthropology has long shied away from examining how human beings may lead happy and fulfilling lives. This book, however, shows that the ethnographic examination of well-being—defined as “the optimal state for an individual, a community, and a society”—and the comparison of well-being within and across societies is a new and important area for anthropological inquiry. Distinctly different in
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Globalization from Below

The World's Other Economy

Edición de Gordon Mathews, Gustavo Lins Ribeiro, Carlos Alba Vega ...

This book explores globalization as actually experienced by most of the world’s people, buying goods from street vendors brought by traders moving past borders and across continents under the radar of the law. The dimensions and practices of ‘globalization from below’ are depicted and analyzed in detail by a team of international scholars. Topics covered include the ‘New Silk Road’, African ... Leer más

$66.99 USD

This book explores globalization as actually experienced by most of the world’s people, buying goods from street vendors brought by traders moving past borders and across continents under the radar of the law. The dimensions and practices of ‘globalization from below’ are depicted and analyzed in detail by a team of international scholars. Topics covered include the ‘New Silk Road’, African
... Leer más
Japan's Changing Generations

Are Young People Creating a New Society?

Edición de Gordon Mathews, Bruce White ...

Series series Japan Anthropology Workshop Series
This book argues that 'the generation gap' in Japan is something more than young people resisting the adult social order before entering and conforming to that order. Rather, it signifies something more fundamental: the emergence of a new Japan, which may be quite different from the Japan of postwar decades. It argues that while young people in Japan in their teens, twenties and early thirties are ... Leer más

$65.99 USD

This book argues that 'the generation gap' in Japan is something more than young people resisting the adult social order before entering and conforming to that order. Rather, it signifies something more fundamental: the emergence of a new Japan, which may be quite different from the Japan of postwar decades. It argues that while young people in Japan in their teens, twenties and early thirties are
... Leer más

最後一課：在時代盡頭，留給未來的重逢之書

de 陳健民, 陳祖為, 邢福增, 張燦輝 ...

陳健民、陳祖為、邢福增、張燦輝四位香港教授的三十載生命告白：告別為了重逢，記憶就是希望，耕種直至未來在時代亂流裡，他們離開教席，卻留下見證。書中有逾百人的告別演講全紀錄，也有因倉促離別而執筆寫下「沒有發生的最後一課」。時代會倒退，潮流會瓦解，歷史在重演，但有一堂課將永遠留在心裡，歷久常新。 ... Leer más

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陳健民、陳祖為、邢福增、張燦輝四位香港教授的三十載生命告白：告別為了重逢，記憶就是希望，耕種直至未來在時代亂流裡，他們離開教席，卻留下見證。書中有逾百人的告別演講全紀錄，也有因倉促離別而執筆寫下「沒有發生的最後一課」。時代會倒退，潮流會瓦解，歷史在重演，但有一堂課將永遠留在心裡，歷久常新。
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時代推著我們前行：羅冠聰的香港備忘錄

de 羅冠聰 ...

**時代將他推上浪頭，他也引領著時代前進。年僅31歲的他，是香港民主運動的縮影。從史上最年輕的立法會議員，到流亡海外的香港抗爭要角，在港府的追捕之下，他如何持續奮戰？身在異鄉，他是否也懷念香港的美好事物？羅冠聰最真誠的自畫像，描繪成長過程和流亡的經歷。「我想擺脫『流亡』附帶著的那種無力、滄桑、被動的標記──我的選擇，是一種戰鬥。」──羅冠聰**　　羅冠聰是當今最為人知的香港民主運動人士之一。他曾是雨傘運動中的學生領袖，也曾創立政黨「香港眾志」，並當選為立法會最年輕的議員。　　從2014年的雨傘運動以來，羅冠聰就不曾缺席香港民主運動的征途。但面對《港區國安法》的步步進逼，他選擇離開深愛的香港、流亡英國，並持續在國際上為香港議題發聲奔走。　　本書是羅冠聰首部結合回憶錄、流亡筆記和政治評論的著作，他不僅回顧自己的童年和家庭生活，還敘述遠赴美國求學，乃至於決定離港流亡背後的心路歷程 ... Leer más

$8.99 USD

**時代將他推上浪頭，他也引領著時代前進。年僅31歲的他，是香港民主運動的縮影。從史上最年輕的立法會議員，到流亡海外的香港抗爭要角，在港府的追捕之下，他如何持續奮戰？身在異鄉，他是否也懷念香港的美好事物？羅冠聰最真誠的自畫像，描繪成長過程和流亡的經歷。「我想擺脫『流亡』附帶著的那種無力、滄桑、被動的標記──我的選擇，是一種戰鬥。」──羅冠聰**　　羅冠聰是當今最為人知的香港民主運動人士之一。他曾是雨傘運動中的學生領袖，也曾創立政黨「香港眾志」，並當選為立法會最年輕的議員。　　從2014年的雨傘運動以來，羅冠聰就不曾缺席香港民主運動的征途。但面對《港區國安法》的步步進逼，他選擇離開深愛的香港、流亡英國，並持續在國際上為香港議題發聲奔走。　　本書是羅冠聰首部結合回憶錄、流亡筆記和政治評論的著作，他不僅回顧自己的童年和家庭生活，還敘述遠赴美國求學，乃至於決定離港流亡背後的心路歷程
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