Cantonese Society in Hong Kong and Singapore
Subtitle: Gender, Religion, Medicine and Money
Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
Published: 2011
Language: eng
Number of pages: 609
ISBN-13: 9789888028146
Subjects: Ethnic groups; Hong kong (china), social conditions; Singapore, social conditions; Hong kong (china), social life and customs; Singapore, social life and customs
Description: The volume collects the published articles of Dr. Marjorie Topley, who was a pioneer in the field of social anthropology in the postwar period and also the first president of the revived Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. Her ethnographic research in Singapore and Hong Kong set a high standard for urban anthropology, and helped creating the fields of religious studies, migration studies, gender studies, and medical anthropology, focusing on topics that remain current and important in the disciplines.