Multiracial Britishness

Global Networks in Hong Kong, 1910-45

Inbunden, Engelska, 2023

AvVivian Kong,Vivian (University of Bristol) Kong

1 459 kr

Beställningsvara. Skickas inom 7-10 vardagar. Fri frakt för medlemmar vid köp för minst 249 kr.

Finns i fler format (1)

Häftad

519 kr

Skickas inom 7-10 vardagar

What does it mean to be British? To answer this, Multiracial Britishness takes us to an underexplored site of Britishness - the former British colony of Hong Kong. Vivian Kong asks how colonial hierarchies, the racial and cultural diversity of the British Empire, and global ideologies complicate the meaning of being British. Using multi-lingual sources and oral history, Kong traces the experiences of multiracial residents in 1910-45 Hong Kong. Guiding us through Hong Kong's global networks, and the colony's co-existing exclusive and cosmopolitan social spaces, this book uncovers the long history of multiracial Britishness. Kong argues that Britishness existed in the colony in multiple, hyphenated forms - as a racial category, but also as privileges, a means of survival, and a form of cultural and national belonging. This book offers us an important reminder that multiracial inhabitants of the British Empire were just as active in the making of Britishness as the British state and white Britons.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2023-11-02
Mått158 x 235 x 21 mm
Vikt570 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieModern British Histories
Antal sidor294
FörlagCambridge University Press
ISBN9781009202947

Tillhör följande kategorier

'Multiracial Britishness is the first book-length work that examines the political, cultural, and social milieu of Britishness in Hong Kong. It is innovative, important, and original in a number of ways - in its focus on Hong Kong, in its effectiveness at centering colonial subjects in the making of empire, and in its introduction of a diverse cast of historical actors, many of whom came from spaces outside of the formal empire.' Charles V. Reed, author of Royal Tourists, Colonial Subjects, and the Making of a British World, 1860–1911