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Hong Kong Culture and Society in the New Millennium

Hong Kong as Method

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Editors:
  1. Yiu-Wai Chu

    1. School of Modern Languages and Cultures, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong

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  • Offers an in-depth study and critique of common misperceptions concerning Hong Kong
  • Discusses core issues such as Hong Kong as a transition zone for ideas, capital and people
  • Provides a vibrant platform for generating, gathering and sharing knowledge on Hong Kong studies
  • Develops an innovative intellectual orientation that is responsive to global, national and local needs
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: The Humanities in Asia (HIA, volume 4)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiii
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  3. The Local, the Global and the National

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 77-77
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    2. New Orleans, New Territories

      • Sidney C. H. Cheung
      Pages 79-90

    3. Hong Kong as a Port City

      • Desmond Hok-Man Sham
      Pages 91-110

    4. Censorship at Work: Cold War Paranoia and Purgation of Chinese Ghost Stories

      • Kenny K. K. Ng
      Pages 111-128

    5. The “National Question” and the Stories of Hong Kong

      • Leo K. Shin
      Pages 129-148

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 211-219
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About this book

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.



Editors and Affiliations

  • School of Modern Languages and Cultures, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong

    Yiu-Wai Chu

About the editor

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).

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Hong Kong Culture and Society in the New Millennium

  • Book Subtitle: Hong Kong as Method

  • Editors: Yiu-Wai Chu

  • Series Title: The Humanities in Asia

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-3668-2

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-3667-5Published: 17 March 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-10-9936-6Published: 04 May 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-3668-2Published: 15 March 2017

  • Series ISSN: 2363-6890

  • Series E-ISSN: 2363-6904

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIII, 219

  • Number of Illustrations: 7 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Cultural Studies, Regional and Cultural Studies, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary

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