[csaa-forum] New Book - Islam in Hong Kong: Muslims and Everyday Life in China's World City

[Paul James O'Connor]

*A New Book of interest to Cultural Studies scholars.*
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*"Islam in Hong Kong: Muslims and everyday life in China's world city" Paul
O'Connor.*
Engages with the experience of being a Muslim ethnic minority in a Chinese
cultural climate. Focuses on youth, everyday life, language, education,
racism, food, and everyday hybridity.

Available from HKU
Press<http://www.hkupress.org/Common/Reader/Products/ShowProduct.jsp?Pid=1&Version=0&Cid=16&Charset=iso-8859-1&page=-1&key=9789888139583>
and
via Coumbia UP<http://cup.columbia.edu/book/978-988-8139-57-6/islam-in-hong-kong>,
Kindle version at
Amazon.<http://www.amazon.co.uk/Islam-Hong-Kong-Everyday-ebook/dp/B009CXSX3C>

"An unexpected gem. An innovative book which explores the everyday lived
reality of Muslim minorities in Hong Kong. The contemporary focus is framed
by a fascinating history of South Asian Muslims which reaches back into the
early 19th century. This beautifully wrought study sheds a great deal of
light on a range of issues impacting Muslim minorities: from the extent of
hybridity—adapting basketball spaces to cricket—to the challenge of eating
halal in a culinary culture where pork is ubiquitous! Young Muslims in Hong
Kong face racism and their inability to access Chinese language schools has
huge implications for employment and social mobility. However, Islam is
respected and they are not seen through a security lens. In all, a hopeful
study." — *Philip Lewis*, author of *Islamic Britain* and *Young, British
and Muslim.*

"There has long been a need for a book-length account of Muslims in Hong
Kong; this readable and informative book admirably fills the void. Anyone
interested in how Muslims make their lives and practice their faith in the
Chinese city of Hong Kong should definitely read it." — *Gordon Mathews*,
author of *Ghetto at the Center of the World: Chungking Mansions, Hong Kong.
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"In this insightful and fascinating book, O'Connor walks us through the
bustling streets of Hong Kong, where space, civility, hope and freedom are
created every day by the territory’s diverse Muslims. It provides a rare
glimpse into an imperfect, but perhaps 'good enough' cosmopolitanism, lived
in the schools, homes, shops and lives of ordinary people. Amidst the worry
and panic about young Muslims in diaspora as either problems or victims,
this is a refreshing and much-needed account of the valuable ways a global
city deals with difference. An essential text for scholars and students of
youth, diversity and contemporary multiculturalism." — *Anita Harris*,
author of *Young People and Everyday Multiculturalism.*

*Contents*
*Section 1.  Foundations
*1.  Introduction: Oi Kwan Road
2.  The history of Islam in Hong Kong
3.  Transformations
4.  Islam, Chungking Mansions, and otherness

*Section 2.  Religious Practice
*5.  Learning to be Muslim
6.  Daily practice
7.  The ambiguity of halal food in Hong Kong

*Section 3.  Language, Space, and Racism
*8.  Muslim youth, language, and education
9.  Chinese/not Chinese
10.  Racism versus freedom
11.  Use of space
12.  Conclusion: Thoughts on an anonymous letter


-- 
Dr Paul O'Connor  cuhk.academia.edu/PaulOConnor
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Room 411, Humanities Building, New Asia College,
Department of Anthropology <http://cuhk.orientalecom7.com/en/index.php>
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong SAR
Tel: (852) 3943-7670

Book now out, Islam in Hong Kong: Muslims and Everyday Life in China's
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