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A Journal of the Plague Year

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Starting with the SARS outbreak that affected Hong Kong in the spring of 2003, this publication traces the different narratives, historical backgrounds as well as the implications of these events in relation to the contemporary culture and politics of Hong Kong.
Expanded from a touring exhibition originated at Para Site in 2013, this book critically analyzes historical and contemporary imaginations and politics of fear in the face of disease and the specter of contamination in society and culture. Scholars, artists, novelists, and journalists depart from Hong Kong's history of epidemic—the most recent being the SARS outbreak of 2003, shortly followed by the tragic death of pan-Asian pop icon Leslie Cheung, and tackle the galvanizing power and the varied perceptions of contagion in the context of lingering histories, myths, anxieties, and memories across geographies. While composing a complex picture of the Hong Kong psyche, these contributions speak from a humanistic and global perspective, pointing to the intersections of urban environments and post-colonial psychology, popular culture and racism, public health and migration, national identity and art.
Published following the touring exhibition “A Journal of the Plague Year. Fear, ghosts, rebels. SARS, Leslie and the Hong Kong story” originated at Para Site, Hong Kong, in 2013.
Edited by Cosmin Costinaş, Inti Guerrero, Lesley Ma.
Contributions by Michael Berry, Natalia S. H. Chan, Cosmin Costinaş, Dung Kai-cheung, Inti Guerrero, James T. Hong, Austin Ming-han Hsu, Zuni Icosahedron, Finnouala McHugh, Pak Sheung Chuen, Lawrence Pun, Shih Shu-ching, Xiaoyu Weng.

Graphic design: Project Projects.
 
published in January 2016
English edition
14,5 x 21 cm (hardcover, cloth binding)
192 pages (97 color & 31 b/w ill.)
 
29.00 21.75
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ISBN : 978-3-95679-117-8
EAN : 9783956791178
 
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