Ancestral Images: A Hong Kong Collection
Posted: August 18th, 2011 | No Comments »A new addition to the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Studies series:
Hugh Baker
Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Studies Series
“Professor Baker makes it possible to recognise what still remains of the architecture, agriculture and traditional dress of this historic area and also to understand something of the unique way of life followed here for a thousand years that is now steadily giving way to urbanisation and uniformity.” – From the Foreword by Lady Youde
- The 120 articles and photographs investigate religion, food, language, history, festivals, family, strange happenings and clan warfare in Hong Kong.
– How do you ascend a pagoda with no staircase? How can you marry without attending the wedding? When is it wrong to buy a book? Hugh Baker answers these and many other questions.
- A well-rounded picture of a vibrant, quirky people painted with affection and informed by many years of scholarship and research.
Hugh Baker is Emeritus Professor of Chinese at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. He has published books on Chinese kinship, Hong Kong history and culture, the overseas Chinese, and the Cantonese and Mandarin languages.
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