Recent readings XII

Graham E. Johnson's "From Rural Committee to Spirit Medium Cult: Voluntary Association in the Development of a Chinese Town," Contributions to Asian Studies, Vol. 1, 1971, pp. 123-143. It discusses the emergence of voluntary associations during the urban transformation process in Tsuen Wan, e.g. cooperatives, trade unions, commercial associations, fellow-countrymens associations, neighborhood associations, temple associations etc. With factories and working population figures

Chan Shun-hing's "Politics of Female Subjectivities and the Everyday: The Case of the Hong Kong Feminist Journal Nuliu," Feminist Review, Vol. 92, 2009, pp. 36-53. Based on close reading of selected writings on fashion and travel in Nuliu 女流 (1987-92, 1996-2002), Chan discusses the everyday life of women in the formation of female subjectivities. She draws me to Fran Martin's (ed.) Interpreting Everyday Culture (London : Arnold, 2003) and Chris Rojek's Leisure Theory: Principles and Practices (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005).

David C.S. Li's "Towards 'Biliteracy and Trilingualism" in Hong Kong (SAR): Problems, Dilemmas and Stakeholders' Views," AILA Review, Vol. 22, 2009, pp. 72-84. General survey.

C. Michael Guilford's "A Look Back: Civil Engineering in Hong Kong 1841-1941," Journal of the Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, Vol. 37, 1998, pp. 81-101. In 1901, the Habour Master proposed to construct a cross-habour bridge between Pottinger Street and Robinson (Nathan) Road, there being no engineering difficulty or "any practical obstruction or even inconvenience to shipping," the deck being 12 metres above high water with a swinging or lifting central span. (p. 89-90)