The Umbrella Movement: Civil Resistance and Contentious Space in Hong Kong
The Umbrella Movement: Civil Resistance and Contentious Space in Hong Kong is a 2019 non-fiction collection of essays about the Umbrella Movement, edited by Ngok Ma and Edmund W. Cheng and published by Amsterdam University Press.
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Background
A total of 15 people wrote articles for this publication, with some being sole authors and others teaming with other authors,[2] with the majority being located in Hong Kong. Field work was done by those located in Hong Kong.[3]
Contents
Part 1 describes how the movement was created. The history of political movements in favor of a democratic form of government in the territory are described in the initial chapter of the book.
Reception
Bland stated that "is a valiant effort" to examine the protests,[1] and that it is "a valuable addition to the literature."[7] Bland argued that the authors of the essays should have added more exploration of how a Hong Kong identity was built.[7]
Agnes S Ku of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology argued that the book reads with "considerable cohesion" despite having a diverse authorship and subject coverage.[2]
Eva PW Hung of Hang Seng University of Hong Kong described it as a "must-read".[8]
Lev Nachman of University of California, Irvine wrote that the authors of the work "accomplish the difficult task of" keeping focus on a single topic whilst taking many essays from different fields of study and "combining" them "in a comprehensive and meaningful way".[9] He added that the essays were difficult to compare as they had so many disparate "approaches and topics" and that he wished the authors focused on their respective areas of education.[10]
Stephan Ortmann of City University of Hong Kong stated the book was "highly recommended and should be essential reading for anyone interested in Hong Kong."[11] He had some criticism of part 4.[12]
References
- Bland, Ben (December 2020). "THE UMBRELLA MOVEMENT: Civil Resistance and Contentious Space in Hong Kong. Global Asia". Pacific Affairs. 93 (4): 807–809.
- Hung, Eva PW (2020-10-10). "Book review: The Umbrella Movement: Civil Resistance and Contentious Space in Hong Kong". S2CID 222278654.
- Ku, Agnes S (2021-01-01). "The Umbrella Movement: Civil Resistance and Contentious Space in Hong Kong, edited by Ngok Ma and Edmund W. Cheng. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2019. 355 pp. €105.00 (cloth)". S2CID 234276881.
- Nachman, Lev (2020). "The Umbrella Movement: Civil Resistance and Contentious Space in Hong Kong, by Ngok Ma and Edmund W. Cheng (eds.)". S2CID 225249952.
- Ortmann, Stephan (March 2020). "The Umbrella Movement: Civil Resistance and Contentious Space in Hong Kong Ngok Ma and Edmund W. Cheng Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2019 335 pp. €109.00 ISBN 978-94-6298-456-1". S2CID 213317458.
Notes
External links
- The Umbrella Movement: Civil Resistance and Contentious Space in Hong Kong - Available at DeGruyter