| Popular Culture and the Formation of Hong Kong Identity Contributor(s): Chau, Karin Ling-Fung (Author), Wong, Heung Wah (Author), Yau, Hoi-Yan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415708842 ISBN-13: 9780415708845 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $152.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2026 This item may be ordered no more than 25 days prior to its publication date of January 5, 2026 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Social Science | Regional Studies |
| Dewey: 306.09 |
| Series: Routledge Culture, Society, Business in East Asia |
| Physical Information: 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 how, in the post-war period, popular culture has gone through various phases where particular aspects of popular culture dominated, for example tourism, television dramas and popular music in the 1970s, shopping culture in the 1980s, and sex culture in the 1990s. 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. |