The Invisible Citizens of Hong Kong

Art and Stories of Vietnamese Boatpeople

Sophia Suk-mun Law (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

250 Seiten

2018
The Chinese University Press (Verlag)
978-962-996-633-1 (ISBN)

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On May 3, 1975, Hong Kong received its first cohort of 3,743 Vietnamese boatpeople, the beginning of a twenty-five-year chain of events developing within the larger context of forced migration in the modern world. This book intertwines historical archives with personal drawings created by Vietnamese people detained in Hong Kong camps. A work of collective memory with a human face, the text shows how artistic expression, interpretation, and analysis can help traumatized souls to heal while compelling society to confront a past that has vanished without any trace of reflection. By unraveling this history, the book seeks to inspire new, conscious review and re-interpretation of the past to elicit new insight and meaning.

Sophia Suk-Mun Law is an associate professor in the Department of Visual Studies at Lingnan University, Hong Kong. Her research focuses on art facilitation, art in community, and service-learning.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	31.10.2020
Verlagsort	Hong Kong
Sprache	englisch
Maße	15 x 23 mm
Gewicht	510 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Regional- / Landesgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-10	962-996-633-6 / 9629966336
ISBN-13	978-962-996-633-1 / 9789629966331
Zustand	Neuware