Rethinking the Hong Kong Cultural Identity
Title | Rethinking the Hong Kong Cultural Identity PDF eBook |
Author | Ho-fung Hung |
Publisher | |
Pages | 48 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | Social Science |
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Hong Kong, China
Title | Hong Kong, China PDF eBook |
Author | Gordon Mathews |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
Pages | 212 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Hong Kong (China) |
ISBN | 0415480132 |
Written by three academic specialists on Hong Kong cultural identity, social history, and mass media, this book explores Hong Kong's cultural relation to the Chinese nation and state in the recent past, present, and future.
Hong Kong in China
Title | Hong Kong in China PDF eBook |
Author | Christine Loh |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2021 |
Genre | Hong Kong (China) |
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Cultural Conflict in Hong Kong
Title | Cultural Conflict in Hong Kong PDF eBook |
Author | Jason S. Polley |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 337 |
Release | 2018-03-28 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 9811077665 |
This book examines how in navigating Hong Kong’s colonial history alongside its ever-present Chinese identity, the city has come to manifest a conflicting socio-cultural plurality. Drawing together scholars, critics, commentators, and creators on the vanguard of the emerging field of Hong Kong Studies, the essay volume presents a gyroscopic perspective that discerns what is made in from what is made into Hong Kong while weaving a patchwork of the territory’s contested local imaginary. This collection celebrates as it critiques the current state of Hong Kong society on the 20th anniversary of its handover to China. The gyroscopic outlook of the volume makes it a true area studies book-length treatment of Hong Kong, and a key and interdisciplinary read for students and scholars wishing to explore the territory’s complexities.
Found in Transition
Title | Found in Transition PDF eBook |
Author | Yiu-Wai Chu |
Publisher | State University of New York Press |
Pages | 310 |
Release | 2018-10-16 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 143847170X |
In Found in Transition, Yiu-Wai Chu examines the fate of Hong Kong's unique cultural identity in the contexts of both global capitalism and the increasing influence of China. Drawing on recent developments, especially with respect to language, movies, and popular songs as modes of resistance to "Mainlandization" and different forms of censorship, Chu explores the challenges facing Hong Kong twenty years after its reversion to China as a Special Administrative Region. Highlighting locality and hybridity along postcolonial lines of interpretation, he also attempts to imagine the future of Hong Kong by utilizing Hong Kong studies as a method. Chu argues that the study of Hong Kong—the place where the impact of the rise of China is most intensely felt—can shed light on emergent crises in different areas of the world. As such, this book represents a consequential follow-up to the author's Lost in Transition and a valuable contribution to international, area, and cultural studies.
On the Road Towards Feelings of Belonging
Title | On the Road Towards Feelings of Belonging PDF eBook |
Author | Thuy Ca |
Publisher | LAP Lambert Academic Publishing |
Pages | 64 |
Release | 2013 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9783659309533 |
'Where are you from?' is a question you can't avoid as a traveller, migrant or foreigner. But what if you live in a state of which you don't feel you belong to its nation? What if your national identity is not an important identity marker at all? As a result of globalization, political and cultural boundaries often don't coincide anymore. This makes it very hard to define to what national culture one belongs, which is exactly the case for Hong Kongers. After having been colonized by Great Britain for over a century, Hong Kong was reunited with/returned to China in 1997. During colonial rule Hong Kongers managed to construct a very own and unique Hong Kong culture, unlike adopting a British identity or holding on to Chinese culture. Therefore nationalism is a rather confusing topic to most Hong Kongers nowadays. "On the road towards feelings of belonging" is the result of anthropological research in Hong Kong. It helps us understand Hong Kong culture, in relation to Chineseness and Chinese culture, and ultimately questions the need for a national identity and its accompanying loyalty to a nation.
Cultural Identity in Hong Kong as Reflected Through Demeanor
Title | Cultural Identity in Hong Kong as Reflected Through Demeanor PDF eBook |
Author | Sin Yee Christine Yau |
Publisher | |
Pages | 229 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | Group identity |
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