Hong Kong Culture and Society in the New Millennium

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxiii

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2. Framing Hong Kong (as Method)

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Hong Kong Liminal: Situation as Method

      • Meaghan Morris

      Pages 3-32

   3. Sex and Freedom in the Chatroom: The Hong Kong Golden Forum as Method

      • John Nguyet Erni

      Pages 33-58

   4. Hong Kong as Feminist Method: Gender, Sexuality, and Democracy in Two Documentaries by Tammy Cheung

      • Gina Marchetti

      Pages 59-76

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

4. Hybridity, Marginality and Resistance

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 149-149

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   2. “Vibrant Objects,” Shifting Perspectives: Understanding Hong Kong Poetry as Method

      • Winnie L. M. Yee

      Pages 151-164

   3. Return, Come Out: Queer Lives in Postcolonial Hong Kong

      • Lucetta Y. L. Kam

      Pages 165-178

   4. Derrida’s Hospitality and Serres’ Parasitism: The Case of Hong Kong

      • Daisy Dic-sze Tam

      Pages 179-192

   5. Model of and Model for Ethnic Minorities: Individualization of the Model Minority Stereotype in Hong Kong

      • Wai-chi Chee

      Pages 193-210

5. Back Matter

   Pages 211-219

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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.

• Hong Kong Studies
• Hong Kong Culture and Society
• Global Modernity
• The context of Asianization
• Hybridity and Marginality
• The Local
• The Global
• The National

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

  Yiu-Wai Chu

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).

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