Title Power and Politics at the Colonial Seaside Leisure in British Hong Kong

Published Milton : Taylor & Francis Group, 2022

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Description 1 online resource (148 p.) Series Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia Ser Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia Ser Contents Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of maps -- List of tables -- Acknowledgement -- 1. Introduction -- Structure of the Book -- 2. Politics of Recreation: Colonial Governance and the Bathing Beaches, 1842-1930s -- Rational Recreation, Colonial Governance, and Racial Politics in Hong Kong -- Public Recreation and Bathing Beaches -- Commerce vs Recreation: The Contested Seaside -- Conclusion -- 3. Nationalism and Collaboration: Chinese Sports Associations and Sea Bathing in Hong Kong Nationalism and Sports: Emergence of Chinese Athletic Associations in Hong Kong -- Leisure and Political Collaboration: Bathing Beaches at Seven Sisters -- Leisure and Chinese Activism: Defending the Bathing Beaches at Seven Sisters -- Rebuilding and Decline of Bathing Beaches after the Second World War -- Conclusion -- 4. Cross Harbour Swim: Competition and Integration -- Westerners' Cross Harbour Swim: From Male Domination to Gender Equality -- Sports and Nationalism: Chinese Athletes' Participation in the Cross Harbour Swim Postwar Cross Harbour Swim: From Racial Glory to Individual Fulfilment -- Conclusion -- 5. Liberty and Morality of the Body on the Beach -- Mixed Bathing, Swimsuits, and Morality -- The Modern Body: Hong Kong Mermaid Yang Xiuqiong -- The Rise and Fall of the Nudist Movement in Hong Kong, 1930s-1960s -- Conclusion -- 6. Seaside Tourism: Class, Race, and Spatial Reconfigurations of Repulse Bay, 1920-1982 -- Discovery" of Repulse Bay and Building of the Repulse Bay Hotel -- Contesting the Beach Space: General Public, Lido, and Beach Tents Sinification of Repulse Bay and Demolition of the Repulse Bay Hotel -- Conclusion -- 7. Epilogue: From the Seaside to the Swimming Pool -- Bibliography -- Index Notes Description based upon print version of record Subject Nationalism and sports Leisure -- Political aspects -- China -- Hong Kong -- History SUBJECT Hong Kong (China) -- Social life and customs -- History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781000636635 1000636631

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