Hong Kong Culture and Society in the New Millennium

Hong Kong as Method

Buch | Softcover

219 Seiten

2018 | Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017
Springer Verlag, Singapore
978-981-10-9936-6 (ISBN)

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This book discusses the notion of “Hong Kong as Method” as it relates to the rise of China in the context of Asianization. It explores new Hong Kong imaginaries with regard to the complex relationship between the local, the national and the global. The major theoretical thrust of the book is to address the reconfiguration of Hong Kong’s culture and society in an age of global modernity from the standpoints of different disciplines, exploring the possibilities of approaching Hong Kong as a method. Through critical inquiries into different fields related to Hong Kong’s culture and society, including gender, resistance and minorities, various perspectives on the country’s culture and society can be re-assessed. New directions and guidelines related to Hong Kong are also presented, offering a unique resource for researchers and students in the fields of cultural studies, media studies, postcolonial studies, globalization and Asian studies.

Yiu-Wai Chu is a Professor and Director of the Hong Kong Studies Programme, School of Modern Languages and Cultures, the University of Hong Kong. His research interests focus on Hong Kong’s culture, globalization and postcolonial discourse. An elected Fellow of the Hong Kong Academy of the Humanities, he has published academic essays in, among others, Social Analysis, boundary 2, Inter-Asia Cultural Studies, Visual Anthropology, Popular Music, the Journal of Chinese Cinemas and the International Journal of Cultural Studies. His most recent monograph is Lost in Transition: Hong Kong Culture in the Age of China (Albany: SUNY Press, 2013).

Introduction.- 1. Framing Hong Kong (as Method).- 1.1 “Hong Kong Liminal: Everyday Situations as Method”.- 1.2 “Sex and Freedom in the Chatroom: The Hong Kong Golden Forum as Method”.- 1.3 “Hong Kong as Feminist Method: Gender, Sexuality, and Democracy in Two Documentaries by Tammy Cheung”.- 2. The Local, the Global and the National.- 2.1 “New Orleans, New Territories”.- 2.2 “Hong Kong as a Port City”.- 2.3 “Censorship at Work: Cold War Paranoia and Purgation of Chinese Ghost Stories”.- 2.4 “The “National” Question and the Stories of Hong Kong”.- 3. Hybridity, Marginality and Resistance.- 3.1 “‘Vibrant Objects,’ Shifting Perspectives: Understanding Hong Kong Poetry as Method”.- 3.2 “Return, Come Out: Queer Lives in Postcolonial Hong Kong”.- 3.3 “Derrida’s Hospitality and Serres’ Parasitism: The Case of Hong Kong”.- 3.4 “Model of and Model for Ethnic Minorities: Individualization of the Model Minority Stereotype in Hong Kong”.- Postscript: Hong Kong and Beyond.

Erscheinungsdatum	18.08.2018
Reihe/Serie	The Humanities in Asia ; 4
Zusatzinfo	7 Illustrations, color; XXIII, 219 p. 7 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Singapore
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
Schlagworte	Global Modernity • Hong Kong Culture and Society • Hong Kong Studies • Hybridity and Marginality • The context of Asianization • The Global • The Local • The National
ISBN-10	981-10-9936-7 / 9811099367
ISBN-13	978-981-10-9936-6 / 9789811099366
Zustand	Neuware