Sovereignty at the edge : Macau & the question of Chineseness /

"How have conceptions and practices of sovereignty shaped how Chineseness is imagined? This ethnography addresses this question through the example of Macau, a southern Chinese city that was a Portuguese colony from the 1550s until 1999. As the Portuguese administration prepared to transfer Mac...

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Bibliografiska uppgifter
Huvudupphovsman: Clayton, Cathryn H., 1966-
Institutionell upphovsman: Harvard University. Asia Center
Materialtyp: Licensed eBooks
Språk:engelska
Publicerad: Cambridge, Mass : Harvard University Asia Center, [2009]
Serie:Harvard East Asian monographs ; 324.
Länkar:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=3750759
Innehållsförteckning:
  • Sort-of sovereignties
  • Outlaw tales
  • The nonexistent Macanese
  • Educating locals
  • Culture in ruins
  • The rubbish heap of history
  • Outlawed tales.