Heung Wah Wong, Hoi-Yan Yau, Karin Ling-Fung Chau

Popular Culture and the Formation of Hong Kong Identity

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Produktbeschreibung

This book charts the development of Hong Kong identity from the Second World War to the present. It argues that understanding popular culture is key to understanding how Hong Kong identity has evolved, and it discusses the various phases that popular culture has gone through in the post-war period. The book examines how the consumption of popular culture has been related to the changing geopolitical situation, to the politics of economic transformation, and to community building. It shows how behind all these aspects of popular culture lies the essential "in-between-ness" of Hong Kong, neither Eastern/traditional/conservative nor Western/modern/liberal.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Januar 2026
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm
• ISBN-13: 9780415708845
• ISBN-10: 0415708842
• Artikelnr.: 40477100

Autorenporträt

Karin Ling-fung Chau is a Teaching Assistant in the School of Modern Languages and Cultures at The University of Hong Kong Wong Heung Wah is Associate Professor and Head of the School of Modern Languages and Cultures at The University of Hong Kong Yau Hoi-yan is an Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Tsukuba University, Japan

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. The Discourse of Refugee Society in the 1950s 3. The
Discourse of Riots Society in the 1960s 4. The Discourse of Civil Society
in the 1970s 5. The Discourse of Consumer Society in the 1980s 6. Post-war
Economic Development and Identity of Prosperity 7. The Proliferation of
Voluntary Organizations and Identity of Civil Society 8. The Rise of Social
Movements and Identity of Frustration 9. Hong Kong Tourist Association and
Making of Hong Kong Identity 10. TVB, TV Dramas and Making of Hong Kong
Identity .11 Multinational Record Companies, Popular Music, and Making of
Hong Kong Identity 12. Japanese Retailers, Shopping Culture, and Making of
Hong Kong Identity 13. Pornographic Films, Sexual Images of Porn Stars, and
Making of Hong Kong Identity 14. Conclusion