{"id":157,"date":"2015-12-24T19:56:04","date_gmt":"2015-12-24T18:56:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.zhdk.ch\/hongkongmourning\/?page_id=157"},"modified":"2016-01-18T17:41:04","modified_gmt":"2016-01-18T16:41:04","slug":"literature-links","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.zhdk.ch\/hongkongmourning\/literature-links\/","title":{"rendered":"Literature"},"content":{"rendered":"

Books, research and newspaper articles, other information sources as well as photo galleries on death, funerals and mourning in Hong Kong.<\/p>\n

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Books & research articles<\/strong><\/p>\n

Natacha Aveline-Dubach (ed.), \u00abInvisible Population: The Place of the Dead in East-Asian Megacities\u00bb<\/a>, Lexington Books, 2012
\nIn the specific context of East-Asian megacities, funeral rituals and practices are evolving rapidly in an attempt to conform to spatial constraints and address emerging challenges such as urban sustainability and growing social inequalities.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Elizabeth K. Teather,\u00a0\u00abDeathspace in Hong Kong, Guangzhou and Seoul; a review of recent research, 1995-2001\u00bb<\/a>,\u00a0Journal of the Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, Vol. 41 (2001)<\/p>\n

Ko Tim-Keung, \u00abA Review of Development of Cemeteries in Hong Kong, 1841-1950\u00bb<\/a>,\u00a0Journal of the Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society,\u00a0Vol. 41 (2001)<\/p>\n

Dan Waters, \u00abChinese Funerals: A Case Study\u00bb<\/a>,\u00a0Journal of the Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, Vol. 31 (1991)<\/p>\n

B. D. Wilson, \u00abChinese Burial Customs in Hong Kong\u00bb<\/a>,\u00a0Journal of the Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society,\u00a0Vol. 1 (1961)<\/p>\n

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Magazine & newspaper articles<\/strong><\/p>\n

10.12.2015
\nKelvin Chan (Associated Press), \u00ab\u00dcberbelegte Friedh\u00f6fe: Hongkong weiss nicht wohin mit den Toten\u00bb<\/a>, www.bluewin.ch<\/p>\n

27.10.2015
\nMing Yeung, \u00abWhere the dead come home\u00bb<\/a>, www.chinadailyasia.com
\nTung Wah Coffin Home in Sandy Bay was meant to be a transit point for Chinese who died abroad. For some of them, however, the wait to be buried in their native soil has stretched over decades.<\/em><\/p>\n

23.10.2014
\nYannie Chan, \u00abFuneral Host Ryan Chan\u00bb<\/a>,\u00a0hk-magazine.com<\/p>\n

07.11.2013
\nAngela K\u00f6ckritz, \u00abDie Geisterhochzeit\u00bb<\/a>,\u00a0Zeit Online
\nEin junger Chinese stirbt, unverheiratet. Allein im Totenreich \u2013 das geht nicht, glaubt seine Familie und sucht ihm eine Frau.<\/em><\/p>\n

02.05.2013
\nKiki Elijandy, \u00abFuneral Director Fanny Leung\u00bb<\/a>,\u00a0hk-magazine.com<\/p>\n

25.05.2012
\n\u00abFuneral Parlours in Hung Hom, the funeral district of Hong Kong\u00bb<\/a>, www.detail-online.com<\/p>\n

04.04.2012
\nChristian Geinitz, \u00abChina feiert Qingming: Wenn das Traumhaus in Rauch aufgeht\u00bb<\/a>,\u00a0www.faz.net<\/p>\n

06.04.2006
\nAdam White, \u00abThe A to Z of Ching Ming\u00bb<\/a>,\u00a0hk-magazine.com<\/p>\n

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Other sources of information<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00abA guide to after-death arrangements in Hong Kong\u00bb<\/a>, in:\u00a0www.fehd.gov.hk (site of the Governement of Hong Kong)<\/p>\n

\u00abCemeteries and Crematoria\u00bb<\/a>, in:\u00a0www.fehd.gov.hk (site of the Governement of Hong Kong)<\/p>\n

\u00abChina Cemeteries\u00bb<\/a>, in: familysearch.org<\/p>\n

\u00abHong Kong Funeral Industry: Its Transformations and Inheritance\u00bb<\/a>,\u00a0Po Kok Secondary School student project (2009)<\/p>\n

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Source of artistic inspiration<\/strong><\/p>\n

Manuel Alvarez Diestro, \u00abAmphitheaters\u00bb<\/a>, in: www.designboom.com
\nIn his photographs, Manuel Alvarez Diestro documents dense Hong Kong cemeteries.<\/em><\/p>\n

Various photographers (Corbis, Getty, Reuters etc.), \u00abThe crowded cemeteries of Hong Kong\u00bb<\/a>, in: www.theguardian.com<\/p>\n

Andreas Gursky<\/a>, Werke-Works 80-08, ed. Martin Hentschel, Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2008
\nThe German photographer\u00a0is drawn to large, anonymous, man-made spaces. He is known for his large format architecture and landscape colour photographs. Since the 90ies\u00a0he manipulates his photographs digitally, creating spaces larger than the subjects photographed. His pictures follow a very strict geometrical composition and are full of details, which you detect only when you get clos<\/em>e.<\/p>\n

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