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The cultural construction of festivals in a cosmopolis: a comparison of Christmas and the Lunar New Year in Hong Kong.

Tsang Mei Lan. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1999. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 122-128). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Acknowledgements --- p.iii / Abstract --- p.iv / Chapter Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1. --- Research Problem --- p.1 / Chapter 2. --- Anthropological Background of Festivals --- p.4 / On Rituals / On Cultural Identity / Chapter 3. --- Theoretical Framework --- p.8 / On Hong Kong / On Festivals / Chapter 4. --- Methodology --- p.14 / Participant Observation and Ethnographic Interviews Written Materials and News Collecting / Chapter 5. --- Organization of the Thesis --- p.17 / Chapter Chapter 2 --- Historical Background --- p.19 / Chapter 1. --- From Ethnic Conflict to Cultural Borrowing -- Christmas in Hong Kong --- p.19 / Chapter 2. --- Changes of Tradition --Hong Kong's Lunar New Year --- p.30 / Chapter 3. --- Creation of Local Identity in Hong Kong --- p.39 / Chapter Chapter 3 --- Making Up Christmas in Hong Kong --- p.42 / Chapter 1. --- Christmas in The Air --- p.43 / Chapter 2. --- Constructing Via Consuming --- p.47 / Christmas Commodities / Christmas Activities / Chapter 3. --- Different Interpretation of Christmas --- p.56 / Consumption for Christmas / Social Relations in Christmas / Chapter 4. --- Cultural Analysis --- p.73 / Westerness / Dialectics in Constructing Christmas / Christmas - An Everlasting Process of Construction / Chapter Chapter 4 --- Inheritance of Lunar New Year in Hong Kong --- p.79 / Chapter 1. --- Lunar New Year in Life --- p.79 / Chapter 2. --- Constructing Via Customs and Myths --- p.82 / Rituals before New Year's Day / Rituals on and after New Year's Day / Chapter 3. --- Unified Meanings of Lunar New Year --- p.85 / A Family Festival / An Experience of Community / A Carnival of Customs / Chapter 4. --- Reconstructing Lunar New Year --- p.95 / Lost Traditions / Creation of Traditions / Boundless Traditions / Chapter 5. --- Lunar New Year - A Cultural Memory --- p.103 / Chapter Chapter 5 --- A Comparison of the Festivals --- p.107 / Chapter 1. --- Unspecification of Festivities --- p.107 / Chapter 2. --- Meaning for Festivals --- p.109 / Chapter 3. --- Cultural Imagination --- p.111 / Christmas - A Foreign Festival / Lunar New Year - A Traditional Festival / Chapter 4. --- Festivals as Social Process --- p.117 / Chapter 5. --- Festivals as Pools for Constructing Identity --- p.118 / References --- p.122 / Books and Journals / Newspaper and Magazines

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_322594
Date January 1999
ContributorsTsang, Mei Lan., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Anthropology.
Source SetsThe Chinese University of Hong Kong
LanguageEnglish, Chinese
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeText, bibliography
Formatprint, iv, 128 leaves ; 30 cm.
CoverageChina, Hong Kong, China, Hong Kong, Hong Kong (China), Hong Kong (China)
RightsUse of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)

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