The impossible city : a Hong Kong memoir /
Cheung, Karen, 1993-
The impossible city : a Hong Kong memoir / Hong Kong memoir Karen Cheung. - First edition. - xix, 320 pages ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-320).
A map of Hong Kong, 2021 -- 1997 -- Festivities -- Parallel universes -- 2003 -- Twenty-two roommates -- 2014 -- Through the fog -- The former international school kid -- Language traitors -- Welcome to the factories -- A city in purgatory.
"In a place where time is running out, sometimes the most radical act is remembrance. Hong Kong has long been known as a city of extremes: a former colony of the United Kingdom that today exists at the margins of an authoritarian, ascendant China; a city rocked by mass protests, where residents take to the streets to rally against encroaching threats on their democracy and freedoms. But it is also misunderstood and often romanticized, its history and politics oversimplified in Western headlines. Drawing richly from her own experience, as well as countless interviews with the artists, protesters, students, and writers who have made Hong Kong their home, journalist Karen Cheung gives us an insider's view of this remarkable city, making the case along the way that we should look to Hong Kong as a warning sign for what lies ahead for other global democracies. Coming of age in the wake of Hong Kong's reunification with China in 1997, Cheung traverses the multifold identities available to her in childhood and beyond, whether that was at her English-speaking international schools, where her classmates were often the children of diplomats or corporate officers, or within her deeply traditional family. Along the way, Cheung gives a personal account of what it's like to seek out affordable housing and mental healthcare in one of the world's most expensive cities. She also takes us into Hong Kong's vibrant indie music and literary scenes--youth-driven spaces of creative resistance. Inevitably, Cheung brings us with her to the protests, where her understanding of what it means to belong to Hong Kong finally crystallized"--
9780593241431 0593241436
2021027512
GBC201614 bnb
020442721 Uk
Cheung, Karen, 1993-
Hong Kong (China)--Social life and customs--21st century.
Hong Kong (China)--Social conditions--21st century.
Hong Kong (China)--History--21st century.
Hong Kong (China)--Biography.
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
The impossible city : a Hong Kong memoir / Hong Kong memoir Karen Cheung. - First edition. - xix, 320 pages ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-320).
A map of Hong Kong, 2021 -- 1997 -- Festivities -- Parallel universes -- 2003 -- Twenty-two roommates -- 2014 -- Through the fog -- The former international school kid -- Language traitors -- Welcome to the factories -- A city in purgatory.
"In a place where time is running out, sometimes the most radical act is remembrance. Hong Kong has long been known as a city of extremes: a former colony of the United Kingdom that today exists at the margins of an authoritarian, ascendant China; a city rocked by mass protests, where residents take to the streets to rally against encroaching threats on their democracy and freedoms. But it is also misunderstood and often romanticized, its history and politics oversimplified in Western headlines. Drawing richly from her own experience, as well as countless interviews with the artists, protesters, students, and writers who have made Hong Kong their home, journalist Karen Cheung gives us an insider's view of this remarkable city, making the case along the way that we should look to Hong Kong as a warning sign for what lies ahead for other global democracies. Coming of age in the wake of Hong Kong's reunification with China in 1997, Cheung traverses the multifold identities available to her in childhood and beyond, whether that was at her English-speaking international schools, where her classmates were often the children of diplomats or corporate officers, or within her deeply traditional family. Along the way, Cheung gives a personal account of what it's like to seek out affordable housing and mental healthcare in one of the world's most expensive cities. She also takes us into Hong Kong's vibrant indie music and literary scenes--youth-driven spaces of creative resistance. Inevitably, Cheung brings us with her to the protests, where her understanding of what it means to belong to Hong Kong finally crystallized"--
9780593241431 0593241436
2021027512
GBC201614 bnb
020442721 Uk
Cheung, Karen, 1993-
Hong Kong (China)--Social life and customs--21st century.
Hong Kong (China)--Social conditions--21st century.
Hong Kong (China)--History--21st century.
Hong Kong (China)--Biography.
Autobiographies.
Biographies.