Understanding Canton : rethinking popular culture in the Republican period
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| Author | Ho, Virgil K. Y. [Ho Kit-yiu 何傑堯]
| | Pub. Location | Oxford, England | Publisher | Oxford University Press | | Date | 2005 | Phys. Desc. | vi, 510 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. | | Location | Director's Office | Call Number | HN740.G823 H6 2005 |
Understanding Canton : rethinking popular culture in the republican period / Virgil K.Y. Ho.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- City versus countryside : the growth of an urban identity and its meanings in Canton -- The limits of hatred : popular attitudes towards the West in Republican Canton -- The 'problem' of opium smoking in Canton -- Gambling in Canton : myth and reality of a calamity -- The worlds of prostitution in the early republic -- Cantonese opera as a mirror of society -- Conclusion. |
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