Abstract
Hong Kong epitomizes a society of mass consumption in a technological age of convenience that produces an effluence of disposable consumer goods. The waste generated from the consumption activity of its global citizens feeds the second-hand street markets located in the interstices of the city. In contrast to the glamourous veneer of modern shopping centers distributed throughout Hong Kong, the district of Sham Shui Po offers an exotic, ahistoricized image of Hong Kong with its dilapidated sidewalks, lines of laundry hanging from windows overhead, old men sitting in the doorways in their undershirts reading the local paper, old women in their polyester leisure suits dragging carts behind them as they do their daily food shopping.
| Original language | English |
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| Publisher | Discard Studies |
| Place of Publication | Online |
| Publication status | Published - 2015 |