Ancestral Images: A Hong Kong Collection

by Hugh D.R. Baker

This new revised edition collects in one place the articles from the three volumes of Hugh Baker's Ancestral Images originally published in 1979, 1980 and 1981. The 120 articles and photographs explore everyday life, customs and rituals in Hong Kong's rural New Territories. They investigate religion, food, language, history, festivals, family, strange happenings and clan warfare. The book documents much that can no longer be found. But it also provides...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9888083090
• ISBN13: 9789888083091
• Release Date: July 2011
• Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
• Length: 404 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.9" x 9.1"