{"product_id":"sovereignty-at-the-edge-macau-and-the-question-of-chineseness-9780674035454","title":"Sovereignty at the Edge  Macau and the Question","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow have conceptions and practices of sovereignty shaped how ­Chineseness is imagined? This ethnography addresses this question through the example of Macau, a southern Chinese city that was a Portuguese colony from the 1550s until 1999.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnthropologist Clayton examines how identity manifested itself in Macau in the years leading up to its reversion to China in 1999, as the Portuguese administration attempted to foster a unique Sino-Western character...Clayton's account is highly anecdotal and personal--the first-person pronoun is used liberally--as well as thoughtful and nuanced. -- R. E. Entenmann * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMaps and Figures  Notes on Conventions  Introduction  1. Sort-of Sovereignties  2. Outlaw Tales  3. The Nonexistent Macanese  4. Educating Locals  5. Culture in Ruins  6. The Rubbish Heap of History  7. Outlawed Tales  Conclusion  Notes  Glossary of Cantonese Characters  Works Cited  Index","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51138140045655,"sku":"9780674035454","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780674035454.jpg?v=1751918157","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/sovereignty-at-the-edge-macau-and-the-question-of-chineseness-9780674035454","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}