Popular Culture and the Formation of Hong Kong Identity

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.

1. Introduction 2. The Discourse of Refugee Society in the 1950s3. The Discourse of Riots Society in the 1960s4. The Discourse of Civil Society in the 1970s5. The Discourse of Consumer Society in the 1980s6. Post-war Economic Development and Identity of Prosperity7. The Proliferation of Voluntary Organizations and Identity of Civil Society 8. The Rise of Social Movements and Identity of Frustration9. Hong Kong Tourist Association and Making of Hong Kong Identity10. TVB, TV Dramas and Making of Hong Kong Identity.11 Multinational Record Companies, Popular Music, and Making of Hong Kong Identity12. Japanese Retailers, Shopping Culture, and Making of Hong Kong Identity13. Pornographic Films, Sexual Images of Porn Stars, and Making of Hong Kong Identity14. Conclusion

Karin Ling-fung Chau is a Teaching Assistant in the School of Modern Languages and Cultures at The University of Hong Kong Wong Heung Wah is Associate Professor and Head of the School of Modern Languages and Cultures at The University of Hong Kong Yau Hoi-yan is an Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Tsukuba University, Japan