Politicizing tradition: The identity of indigenous inhabitants in Hong Kong

Ethnology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 39-54

  Chan, Selina Ching ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Chineseness; Colonialism; Hong Kong; Identity; Indigenous; New Territories; Tradition

Indexed keywords

COLONIALISM; ETHNIC IDENTITY; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; MODERNISATION; SOVEREIGNTY;

CHINA, HONG KONG;

EID: 0031803629     PISSN: 00141828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3773847     Document Type: Article

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