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Urbanizing Carescapes of Hong Kong : Two Systems, One City.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Toposophia: Thinking Place/Making Space SeriesPublisher: Blue Ridge Summit : Lexington Books/Fortress Academic, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (247 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780739187272
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Urbanizing Carescapes of Hong KongDDC classification:
  • 307.3/416095125
LOC classification:
  • HT178.C56 -- H654 2015eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Urbanizing Carescapes Of Hong Kong -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Nested-Dependency Relations Across the Border(s) -- 2 Tenants Living on the Edge -- 3 Wan Chai For Sale -- 4 Expatriation of Space and Transnational Remaking of City -- 5 Everyday Carescapes -- 6 Displacing Sham Shui Po -- 7 Traveling Mothers and Cross-Border Care Practices -- Conclusion: Reclaim Space for Care -- Appendix A Methodological Note -- Appendix B List of Interviews -- Appendix C Interview with Expatriates -- Appendix D List of the interviewees quoted in the text -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.
Summary: Drawing upon the massive redevelopment catalyzed by government-led urban renewal in Hong Kong in the past two decades, this book recharges the story of post-colonial Hong Kong through care, displacement, and how care is displaced in urban governance.
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Urbanizing Carescapes Of Hong Kong -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Nested-Dependency Relations Across the Border(s) -- 2 Tenants Living on the Edge -- 3 Wan Chai For Sale -- 4 Expatriation of Space and Transnational Remaking of City -- 5 Everyday Carescapes -- 6 Displacing Sham Shui Po -- 7 Traveling Mothers and Cross-Border Care Practices -- Conclusion: Reclaim Space for Care -- Appendix A Methodological Note -- Appendix B List of Interviews -- Appendix C Interview with Expatriates -- Appendix D List of the interviewees quoted in the text -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.

Drawing upon the massive redevelopment catalyzed by government-led urban renewal in Hong Kong in the past two decades, this book recharges the story of post-colonial Hong Kong through care, displacement, and how care is displaced in urban governance.

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