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Wu, Shujun. ; Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2011. ; Includes bibliographical references (leave 31). ; Abstracts in English and Chinese.

本論文通過十二個月的田野研究,探討城市化進程中,鄉鎮、城鎮與城市等三個處於不同城市發展階段的地方,信息化進程中的性別政治有何異同。本研究的核心問題是:城鎮化與信息化的交互作用如何進行?在城鎮化與信息化同時推進的當下中國,個體,尤其是個體的性別化身體,如何與以電腦、互聯網爲代表的數字科技之間産生脫嵌與再嵌入的"雙向形塑關係? ; 本研究運用科技馴養、個體化和性別-科技共創理論,分析城鎮家庭中電腦和互聯網的社會化生活。本研究發現中國社會現代性建構中,城鎮用戶通過在家庭內部採用電腦和互聯網,逐步形成一種數字化家庭關係,其中互聯網本地化特徵明顯。此外,本研究還發現,性別化的網絡互連的個體化是當下中國社會中的城鎮化、信息化發展過程中的主要特徵。本研究採用綫上與綫下相結合的多點民族誌的混合方法,探討在中國城鎮化過程中研究性別與互聯網的共創關係。 ; Based on ethnographic data collected in 12 months of field work, this thesis studies the gender politics in the process of digitization and urbanization by comparing the phenomenon in a village, a town, and a city. The three main research questions of this study are: How are the interactions between urbanization and digitalization? How do digitization and gender relations mutually construct each other in the process of urbanization? ; Using theories of technology domestication, individualization theory and the mutual construction of gender and technology, I analyze the use of computers and internet in the social life of rural and town families. This research found out that in the process of modernization, as rural and town families adopted the use of computers and internet; they gradually transformed themselves into, digitalized families. Furthermore, the individualization of gendered networks stood out as the key characteristic of urbanization and digitalization of post socialist China. This research pioneered the combination of multi-sited ethnography and virtual ethnography in exploring the interplay between gender and the internet in Chinese urbanization. ; Detailed summary in vernacular field only. ; Detailed summary in vernacular field only. ; 任珏. ; Thesis (Ph.D.) Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2014. ; Includes bibliographical references (leaves 201-228). ; Abstracts also in Chinese. ; Ren Jue.

這項研究是以民族誌描述方法,以南中國傳統的原生牛奶和現代的進口牛奶之生產及消費切入點,探討現代性的問題。對近代中國奶品需求急增的研究,大多解釋為現代西方食習慣之影響。我透過在順德及香港牛奶生產者及消費者日常生活的描述,試圖說明這食習慣的改變並非單是「西化」;相反,這其實是中國傳統的一種延續,再由殖民主義、資本主義,全球化,及中國建構新型國家這四種動力驅使下形成。而這四種動力又有賴市場 (本地及跨國的乳品公司、財金投資者、食品包裝生產商等) 、醫科專業人士及政府對 「健康」、「飲食文化遺產」等概念賦予新的社會價值。本文嘗試透過傳統和現代的牛奶之生產及消費,審視現代中國人對「健康」和「飲食文化遺產」的觀念和價值,在近年食品安全問題的陰霾下如何改變,這又如何反映中國在現代化和新型國家建構過程中的社會變遷,並探究有關身份認同,家庭角色與現代性的意涵。 ; This thesis is an ethnographic study of the change in the production and consumption of indigenous and imported cow milk in South China, particularly Shunde and Hong Kong, during the post-Mao period. Contrary to the popular view that cow milk consumption in China is a result of Western influence, the milk production and consumption in South China is actually a continuation of the Chinese tradition. This thesis shows that the popularity of milk consumption in Shunde and Hong Kong is driven by the forces of colonialism, globalization, capitalism, and modern state-building. Milk consumption in these two places is mainly promoted through three kinds of agents - the market (global and local milk companies, financial investors, food-packaging companies), medical professionals and the State. I illustrate how these forces and agents affect the classification, meanings and values of health and culinary heritage, and how this results in a reinvention of tradition and a change in the concept of morality, amidst concerns over food safety. By examining the transformation of the values associated with milk in the process of production and consumption, I show how health and culinary heritage become the contested ground in the reconfiguration of modern identity and social relationship, while complying with the vision of the government in the building of national pride. ; Detailed summary in vernacular field only. ; Mak, Sau Wa. ; Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2012. ; Includes bibliographical references (leaves 247-269). ; Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat ...

Li Yee Ching, Magdalene. ; Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2000. ; Includes bibliographical references (leaves 154-160). ; Abstracts in English and Chinese. ; Acknowledgments --- p.i ; Abstract --- p.ii ; Chapter Chapter 1: --- Introduction ; Overview --- p.1 ; Research Objective --- p.5 ; Conceptualization --- p.7 ; Organization of the paper --- p.11 ; Chapter Chapter 2: --- Communication and Collective Memory ; Overview --- p.13 ; Collective Memory and Social Changes --- p.20 ; Collective Memory and Political Changes --- p.22 ; Mass Media and Collective Memory --- p.23 ; Chapter Chapter 3: --- Research Design ; Discourse Analysis of the Representation of June4 --- p.31 ; Data Analysis --- p.34 ; Chapter Chapter 4: --- Initial Frames of Remembrance of the Tiananmen Incident in1989 ; The Structure of the Available Past --- p.38 ; The 1989 Pro-Democracy Movement in Beijing --- p.40 ; Framing the June 4 Incident in the Hong Kong Context --- p.45 ; Contextualizing the 1989 Pro-democracy Movement --- p.56 ; June 4 and the Hong Kong Media --- p.61 ; Chapter Chapter 5: --- The First Anniversary of the Crackdown in1990 ; Commemoration and Collective Memory --- p.66 ; The Commemoration Project of June4 --- p.67 ; The Media as a Field of Memory --- p.68 ; Cultivating Collective Memory --- p.70 ; Interpreting the Changes in Memory --- p.77 ; Chapter Chapter 6: --- The 5th Anniversary of June 4 in1994 ; The Script of the June 4 Anniversary --- p.80 ; The Commemoration Project in1994 --- p.81 ; Shifting Media Representations of Key Players --- p.83 ; Subdued Commemoration of the Media --- p.91 ; The Context of Changes in the June 4 Memory --- p.93 ; The Role of the Media --- p.96 ; Chapter Chapter 7: --- The June 4 Incident Commemoration on the Eve of the1997 Handover ; Contradictions in the Memory of June4 --- p.101 ; Media's Coverage and the June 4 Commemoration --- p.103 ; Representation of Major Actors in1997 --- p.104 ; Media's Interpretation of the Meaning of June4 --- p.113 ; Interpreting the ...

Chow King Mun. ; Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2001. ; Includes bibliographical references (leaves 139-144). ; Abstracts in English and Chinese. ; Abstract (in English and Chinese) --- p.iv-v ; Acknowledgements --- p.vi ; Notes --- p.vii ; List of Figures --- p.viii ; List of Diagrams and Tables --- p.viii ; Figures ; Chapter 1. --- Introduction --- p.1 ; Chapter 1.1 --- The Aim of the Study ; Chapter 1.2 --- The Road to Chinese Modernity ; Chapter 1.3 --- Modernity and Consumption ; Chapter 1.4 --- Theories of Consumption ; Chapter 1.5 --- Consumption in China ; Chapter 1.6 --- "A Brief Overview of the Tian Village, Zhongshan" ; Chapter 1.7 --- Methodology ; Chapter 1.8 --- Summary of the Chapters Making up the Thesis ; Chapter 1.9 --- Significance of Study ; Chapter 2. --- Tian Village and its Environment --- p.27 ; Chapter 2.1 --- The Xiaolan Town ; Chapter 2.2 --- The Tian Village ; Chapter 2.2.1 --- Background ; Chapter 2.2.2 --- The Dramatic Transformation of the Village ; Chapter 2.2.3 --- The Economic Activities ; Chapter 2.2.4 --- Education Level ; Chapter 2.2.5 --- Migrant Labourers ; Chapter 2.3 --- Summary ; Chapter 3. --- Aspiring to be Modern --- p.52 ; Chapter 3.1 --- What is Modernity? ; Chapter 3.2 --- The Aspirations of Older and Younger Villagers ; Chapter 3.2.1 --- The young generation ; Chapter 3.2.2 --- The old generation ; Chapter 3.3.3 --- The hardships of the older villagers ; Chapter 3.3 --- The Government Initiatives ; Chapter 3.4 --- The Hong Kong Influences ; Chapter 3.5 --- The Discourses of Modernity ; Chapter 3.6 --- Summary ; Chapter 4. --- Striving for a Better Life --- p.78 ; Chapter 4.1 --- Strategies to earn money ; Chapter 4.2 --- Case Study 1: Big Brother ; Chapter 4.3 --- Case Study 2: Ah Ming's mother ; Chapter 4.4 --- Case Study 3: AhYan ; Chapter 4.5 --- Case Study 4: Mr He ; Chapter 4.6 --- Summary ; Chapter 5. --- Consumption and Modernity --- p.92 ; Chapter 5.1 --- Interpreting modernity: Consumption as a strategy ; Chapter 5.1.1 --- Housing ...