Tan, Xilin. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2011. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 124-127). / Abstracts in English and Chinese ; includes Chinese. / Chapter Chapter 1: --- Introduction --- p.1 / Controversies over the Ghost City --- p.1 / Fengdu --- p.2 / The Ghost City and Popular Religion --- p.3 / The Three Gorges Reservoir and the Relocation --- p.8 / Developing Tourism --- p.9 / Popular Religion in China --- p.13 / Revival of Popular Religion --- p.13 / Legitimatization of Popular Religion --- p.15 / Organization of the thesis --- p.17 / Chapter Chapter 2: --- The Landscape of Fengdu --- p.20 / Landscape of Fengdu County --- p.20 / The Reservoir Area in Chongqing --- p.20 / Population --- p.23 / Influence of the Dam --- p.25 / Fengdu Religious Landscape --- p.30 / The Ghost City after the 1980s --- p.33 / The Divine Palace: A Modern Amusement Park --- p.48 / Chapter Chapter 3: --- Legitimating the Ghost City --- p.51 / The Ghost City in Dispute --- p.51 / The Ambiguous Use of Wenhua --- p.52 / “The Culture of the Ghost City´ح --- p.54 / Promoting Righteousness --- p.56 / New Symbols of Fengdu: from Ghost to Divinity --- p.60 / Promoting the Ghost City --- p.63 / Another Version of Local Culture --- p.65 / Conclusion --- p.67 / Chapter Chapter 4: --- Fengdu Temple Festival 2009 --- p.70 / Fengdu Incense Festival in the Past --- p.70 / Festival Origins and the Incense Festival Before 1949 --- p.70 / Names and Organization --- p.73 / The Fengdu Temple Festival in 2009 --- p.75 / The Parade: Memories of Fengdu --- p.77 / Emperor of the Netherworld and His Wedding --- p.78 / Fengdu in History and the New Cultural Symbolism --- p.80 / People's Participation --- p.80 / Conclusion --- p.84 / Chapter Chapter 5: --- People's Religious Life in Current Fengdu --- p.87 / Tourism and Its Influence --- p.87 / Tour Guides --- p.87 / Communal Temples --- p.96 / The Wantian Shrine --- p.101 / Why do local people go to the Ghost City? --- p.102 / Spirit Mediums --- p.107 / Grandma Long --- p.108 / Water Bowl Augur --- p.109 / A Physiognomist --- p.110 / Conclusion --- p.111 / Chapter Chapter 6: --- Conclusion --- p.113 / A Rise of Superstition? --- p.113 / In the Name of Development --- p.115 / Promoting Tourism as a Means to Vitalize the County's Economy --- p.116 / The Wenhua of the Ghost City --- p.117 / The Culture of the Ghost City --- p.118 / The Lost Ghost --- p.118 / Popular Religious Practices in Daily Life --- p.119 / Alternative Interpretations of the Ghost City --- p.119 / Local Pilgrim --- p.121 / Bibliography --- p.124

Ding Lai-Ling. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2003. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 160-167). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Chapter Chapter One: --- Introduction / Chapter 1 --- The Miao History of Guizhou in China --- p.P.4-8 / Chapter 1.1 --- The socio-economic background of the Miao rural community --- p.P.8-11 / Chapter 1.2 --- Femininity of the ' feminized other' ´ؤ the Portray of the Miao women / Chapter 2 --- The concept of agency --Literature Review --- p.P.13-20 / Chapter 3 --- Methodology --- p.P.20-22 / Chapter Chapter Two: --- The Miao women's agency over the traditional drinking custom / Chapter 1 --- The traditional drinking custom in the Miao community Of Guizhou in China --- p.P.23-47 / Chapter 2 --- The acquisition of drinking habit by the Miao men And the Miao women / Chapter 2.1 --- The Perception of drinking among the Miao men of different ages --- p.P.48-50 / Chapter 2.2 --- The Miao women's agency over the traditional drinking custom / Chapter 2.2.1 --- Among the unmarried girls --- p.P.50-53 / Chapter 2.2.2 --- Among the married women --- p.P.53-58 / Chapter 3 --- Traditional drinking custom and wife battering / killing --- p.P.58-60 / Chapter 4 --- Concluding remark --- p.P.60-64 / Chapter Chapter Three : --- The Miao women's agency over the contraceptive technology / Chapter 1 --- The concepts of reproduction and body --- p.P.65-72 / Chapter 2 --- The Birth Planning Policy in the national minority regions --- p.P.72-74 / Chapter 2.1 --- Among the national minority groups in Guizhou --- p.P.74-75 / Chapter 2.2 --- Within the villages --- p.P.75-76 / Chapter 3 --- Norplant ´ؤ The contraceptive devise assigned to the Miao women --- p.P.77-81 / Chapter 4 --- The coercive use of Norplant ´ؤ a devastating challenge to the Miao women's agency --- p.P.81-86 / Chapter 4.1 --- As the economic burden levied on the Miao women --- p.P.86-90 / Chapter 4.2 --- As the health burden levied on the Miao women --- p.P.90-94 / Chapter 5 --- Concluding remark --- p.P.94-96 / Chapter Chapter Four - --- The Miao women's agency over the family violence / Chapter 1 --- Theoretical orientation of family violence-wife abuse --- p.P.97-102 / Chapter 2 --- Major dominant script of family violence and wife abuse by the Women Federation in China --- p.P.102-106 / Chapter 3 --- The gender relation within the Miao rural community of Guizhou in China --- p.P.106-113 / Chapter 3.1 --- The unequal sexual division of labor within the family --- p.P.113-121 / Chapter 3.2 --- Drinking and wife abuse in the Miao community --- p.P.121-124 / Chapter 3.3 --- Wife abuse in the Miao community - From scolding to killing --- p.P.124-130 / Chapter 3.4 --- Fro Passive to active - a coping strategies continuum --- p.P.131-139 / Chapter 4 --- Concluding remark --- p.P.139-140 / Conclusion --- p.P.141-149 / Interviewee's profile / Reference / Appendix

Esta dissertação propõe-se estudar, em contextos específicos, o fenômeno da polidez lingüística em sheng. Para atingir esse objetivo abordaremos, inicialmente, as teorias sobre polidez lingüística dentro do panorama da sociopragmática, apresentando tanto as teorias mais tradicionais, surgidas nos anos 70, quanto as mais recentes, todas desenvolvidas principalmente em países anglófonos. Em seguida, traçaremos um perfil da situação lingüística do Quênia e trataremos especificamente do sheng em Nairóbi. Finalmente, serão descritas as expressões em sheng utilizadas nas situações de abertura e fechamento de conversações, agradecimentos, pedidos de desculpas e outras que potencialmente podem ser avaliadas como polidas. Essa análise permitirá verificar se, mesmo em uma situação social de extrema exclusão, como a vivida pela comunidade de Mukuru, em Nairóbi, onde a mera questão de sobrevivência torna-se uma luta diária, os indivíduos da comunidade lingüística que hoje \"constrói\" esse novo código lingüístico, estariam preocupados em estabelecer regras de conduta para situações de interação que se refletiriam em seu discurso, e se essas regras seriam formas de \"polidez lingüística\" ou formas de \"comportamento político\", como proposto por Richard Watts. / This dissertation aims to analyze, in specific contexts, the linguistic politeness phenomenon in sheng. In order to fulfill this goal, we will initially approach the theories on linguistic politeness within the scope of socio pragmatics, presenting the more traditional theories, which appeared in the 1970s, as well as the more recent ones, all developed mainly in Anglophone countries. Then we will outline Kenya\'s linguistic situation, focusing mostly on sheng in Nairobi. Finally, we will describe sheng idioms that are used in conversational openings and closings, in acts of returning thanks and apologies, and other actions that might be potentially considered as polite. This analysis will allow us to observe if the individuals from the linguistic community that \"constructs\" today this linguistic code, even living in a situation of extreme exclusion such as the one experienced by the Makuru community in Nairobi, where mere subsistence is itself a daily struggle, are concerned about establishing rules of conduct for interaction situations that would reflect in their discourse, and if these rules would be forms of \"linguistic politeness\" or forms of \"political behavior\", as it is assumed by Richard Watts.

Yang Lu, Louise. / "Architecture Department, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Master of Architecture Programme 2009-2010, design report." / "May 2010." / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 55).

published_or_final_version / abstract / toc / China Area Studies / Master / Master of Arts

published_or_final_version / abstract / toc / Earth Sciences / Master / Master of Philosophy

Thesis (M. Sc.)--University of Hong Kong, 1998. / Includes bibliographical references (leaf 98-103).

Social identity between interlocutors s is an indispensable factor in the formation of a community (i e. a social unit whose members are held together by an international network and who share certain interests, beliefs, views and attitudes) In this regard, language is known to be an influential symbol of identity, an important clue to social group membership. As Einer Haugen states, language is at once `a social institution, like the laws, the religion, or the economy of a community, and a social instrument which accompanies and makes possible all other institutions. As an institution it may become a symbol of the community` (1956:8 7).

published_or_final_version / abstract / toc / Japanese Studies / Master / Master of Philosophy

published_or_final_version / History / Master / Master of Philosophy