LEADER 03536cam a2200565 i 4500001 99126745967606421 005 20230202124848.0 008 220506t20232023enkab b 001 0 eng^^ 010 2022010335 020 9780367648077 020 0367648075 |qhardcover 020 9780367648084 |qpaperback 020 0367648083 |qpaperback 020 |z9781003126386 |qelectronic book 035 (OCoLC)on1315573831 040 DLC |beng |erda |cDLC |dOCLCF |dYDX 042 pcc 043 a-cc-hk 050 00 GV133.H6 |bP66 2023 082 00 306.4/812095125 |223/eng/20220509 100 1 Poon, Shuk-wah, |eauthor. 245 10 Power and politics at the colonial seaside : |bleisure in British Hong Kong / |cShuk-Wah Poon. 264 1 Abingdon, Oxon ;New York, NY : |bRoutledge, Taylor & Francis Group, |c2023. 264 4 |c©2023 300 viii, 135 pages : |billustrations, maps ; |c25 cm. 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 490 1 Routledge studies in the modern history of Asia 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 "A study of the complex role of the seaside as a leisure space in colonial Hong Kong. British sports were in many respects more meaningful in the empire than literature, music, art or religion. They served as an instrument of cultural association and later of cultural change, promoting imperial union and then post-imperial goodwill. Poon analyzes the ways in which British colonists and Chinese leaders, backed by the rhetoric of public health and nationalism respectively, transformed the Hong Kong seaside into a leisure space. She argues that the growing popularity of seaside resorts and sea bathing as a preferred form of leisure activity across the social and ethnic spectrums served an important role in shaping the racial relationship between Westerners and the Chinese population, as well as the Chinese people's perception of the female body and the seaside, during the colonial period. The popularity of British leisure forms in colonial Hong Kong does not necessarily mean the triumph of "Britishness". This book will be of great interest to historians with an interest in leisure and in Empire and Colonialism, as well as historians of Colonial Hong Kong and Modern China"-- |cProvided by publisher. 650 0 Leisure |xPolitical aspects |zChina |zHong Kong |xHistory. 650 0 Seaside resorts |xSocial aspects |zChina |zHong Kong. 650 0 Nationalism and sports |zChina |zHong Kong |xHistory. 651 0 Hong Kong (China) |xSocial life and customs |xHistory. 650 7 Leisure |xPolitical aspects. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00996035 650 7 Nationalism and sports. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01033894 650 7 Seaside resorts |xSocial aspects. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01110423 651 7 China |zHong Kong. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01260796 655 7 History. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01411628 776 08 |iOnline version:Poon, Shuk-Wah. |tPower and politics at the colonial seaside. |dAbingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2023 |z9781003126386 |w(DLC) 2022010336 830 0 Routledge studies in the modern history of Asia 902 410077598 |wcopy |120230125114510.0 910 |cF0501mon |d3110-10 |gYBP 914 (OCoLC)on1315573831 |bOCoLC |cmatch |d20230125 |eprocessed |f1315573831 960 |o1 |zUSD 961 |fMJH |m311010 |nCloth 980 17853118 |i160.00 982 |cf 984 20221221 |b164932 |cYBP-US