Hong Kong
Migrant Lives, Landscapes, and Journeys
- Contents
- Review Quotes
Prologue
BEGINNINGS AND ENDINGS
Arriving in Hong Kong
Framing Migration
Framing Migrants
Framing Hong Kong Chineseness
Framing Whiteness
Framing Empire and After
Framing the Investigation
Arranging the Dead
Soldiering On
Drying the Flag
MAKING NEW LIVES
An Ordinary Life(style)
Day-trip to Shenzhen
Inside the Expatriate Bubble
Fabricating the City
Moving On
THE ENGLISH BUSINESS
The Schools and Language Game
Trading Places
OLD CHINA HANDS
Riding the Waves
Managing Dis/Location
Island Life
"Britain Saddens Me"
Lifestyle Migration
The Baby
WORKING GLOBAL SYSTEMS
Corporate Lives/Wives
The United States and the Matrix of Global Dominance
"Choosers and Loosers"
Chungking Mansions
Central Kowloon Mosque
Indian Food
LIFE AT THE TOP
The Peak
Ladies Who Lunch
Tea?
SERVICE
Serving-Class Migrants
Living inside Others’ Lives
Sundays in Statue Square
Relationships in the Philippines
Routes Out
BOYS’ NIGHT OUT
Night and Day in Wanchai
Wanchai Warriors
The "Girlies"
CLUBBING
Club Scenes
United Services Recreation Club
Poolside with the Vicars’s Wife
Poolside with the Diver
"It’s time to pack up and go home"
Kowloon Cricket Club
ON PATROL
MIGRATION REVISITED
ENDINGS AND BEGINNINGS
Bringing it All Back Home
Joyce
Notes
Index
“Knowles and Harper have brought the postcolonial down to earth in this poignant portrait of the intersections between migrants of diverse origins and circumstances residing in Hong Kong. Their study reminds us that the most privileged migrants are not necessarily the most ‘skilled’ at connecting with difference. This is a major and highly innovative contribution to our understanding of contemporary forms of migration.”
“This is a terrific book by a pair of creative, smart, and thoughtful scholars who have a lot to say and a lot to show and tell. Through superb fieldwork, effective use of complementary data, clear prose, and evocative photographs, Knowles and Harper have created an extraordinarily rich account of how and where immigrant experiences intersect with Hong Kong social structure.”
Art: Photography
Asian Studies: East Asia
Sociology: Occupations, Professions, Work | Race, Ethnic, and Minority Relations
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