Lost in Transition: Hong Kong Culture in the Age of China
Author:   Yiu-Wai Chu
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
ISBN:  

9781438446462


Pages:   228
Publication Date:   02 January 2014
Format:   Paperback
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Lost in Transition: Hong Kong Culture in the Age of China


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Looks at the fate of Hong Kong's unique culture since its reversion to China.

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Author:   Yiu-Wai Chu
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   State University of New York Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.327kg
ISBN:  

9781438446462


ISBN 10:   1438446462
Pages:   228
Publication Date:   02 January 2014
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 1. Introduction 2. The Rise of China and Its Soft Power: Chineseness Reconfigured in the Age of Global Modernity 3. Central Distract Values: Or, the Donaldization of Hong Kong Society 4. Brand Hong Kong: Asia's World City as Method? 5. One Country, Two Cultures? Hong Kong Cinema and/as Chinese Cinema 6. Who Sings Hong Kong? Remapping Cantopop in the Global Era 7. Conclusion: Toward a New Hong Kong Notes References Index

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Even though it is written for an academic audience, this is a very readable book for the average reader. It is also extremely enlightening as it gives us a look into a cosmopolitan city that is changing before our eyes. - San Francisco Book Review ...a heartfelt, even white-hot examination of Hong Kong culture since the territory's handover to the Mainland in 1997. - Modern Chinese Literature and Culture


...a heartfelt, even white-hot examination of Hong Kong culture since the territory's handover to the Mainland in 1997. - Modern Chinese Literature and Culture


Author Information

Yiu-Wai Chu is Director of the Hong Kong Studies Program and Professor of Modern Languages and Cultures at the University of Hong Kong. He has published several books, including (with Eva Kit-Wah Man) Contemporary Asian Modernities: Transnationality, Interculturality, and Hybridity.

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