A little background the use of chinese martial arts for military strategy and as a subject for scholarship dates back at least as far as the zhuzi baijia the various schools of thought from preqin to early han dynasty, and is recorded in military. Cultural conflict in hong kong angles on a coherent. The long period of british colony in hong kong lead to the creation of a local society with a unique identity. Also available at more options find it at other libraries via worldcat. Youll want to experience cantonese opera, visit the art museum, or catch a show at the hong kong cultural centre. Pdf theorizing ambivalence in ang lees transnational.
Hong kongs cultural identity reflected in jackie chans films. State and society under colonial rule asias transformations. The cinema of hong kong examines one of the most popular and dynam. Cambridge university press 0521776023 the cinema of hong. Through the 1950s hong kong film companies produced 150 to 200 or more releases annually. The university of hong kong faculty of arts course list 201920. View the complete title list for hong kong scholarship online. Recommended citation ding, yajuan 1969, hong kong s cultural identity reflected in jackie chans films. Hong kongs martial arts madness in legend, history, and, oh yeah, the movies martial arts.
Hong kong scholarship online offers quick and easy access to the full text of hundreds of hong kong university press books in a variety of subject areas. Aug 08, 2002 yet, i believe that the films analyzed and discussed here do offer apt examples of the recurrent themes and social concerns found in hong kong gangster cinema as it progressed and amalgamated several aspects of hong kong culture and identity. History, arts, identity cambridge university press, 2000. Martial arts and the globalization of us and asian. Hong kong martial arts films gilbert gerard castillo, b. The rise and fall of cantopop and, with it, hong kongs. A brief history of hong kong cinema to 1988 film studios. Providing an overview of major directors, genres, and stars, from its. Reflecting on each of their experiences in our city and abroad and how these have. Chan plays a police sergeant loyal to the colonial. A system of classification derived from the practice and method of collaboratively creating and managing tags to annotate and categorize content. Around the 1930s, hong kong was going through a period of change during the devastating war years and japanese occupation. Modernity, youth culture, and hong kong cantonese cinema 71 poshek fu 4.
The copy of the article i link below comes from the cuhk library. Housing, home ownership and social change in hong kong 1999 lui, adam yuenchung 1990. The taiwanese cinema industry underwent a transformation in the 1980s in response to the burgeoning popularity of hong kong cinema. Hong kong s cultural identity reflected in jackie chans films. Due to its significance as a trade port, both china and the united kingdom had a.
This project is an examination of the hong kong film industry, focusing on the. Yajuan ding 1969 university of louisville follow this and additional works at. The latter is said to have its own style of humour, which has been termed hong kong humour jyutping. As anya kordecki relates, a new wave of directors emerged who made socially conscious art house films which placed an unflinching eye on taiwanese society and culture, and successfully put taiwanese cinema on the map. History, arts, identity has 1 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace. In this sense, the attempt of kung fu hustle to hark back to earlier traditions of martial arts cinema and reinvent them with hightech special eff ects refl ects a twofold objective. Individual chapters examine major film movements such as the shanghai cinema of the 1930s, fifth generation filmmakers and the hong kong new wave, as well as key issues such as stars and auteurs. Hong kong cinema is one of the success stories of film history. The relationship between hong kong citizens ethnic identity, political culture and their political participation introduction the hong kong special administrative region hksar is enjoying a high degree of civil development without a corresponding degree of democratic party development ng, 2009, p. Sinema hong kong wikipedia bahasa indonesia, ensiklopedia bebas.
Two essays aiming to analyze characteristic features of hong kong film stylethe first trying to outline some longterm norms of staging, shooting, and cutting. Popular cinema and the art of entertainment, published by bordwell 2010, has become a classic study of hong kong cinema now, begins with the following paragraph. Taiwanese history and the films of hou hsiaohsien june yip. Boat people film wikipedia bahasa indonesia, ensiklopedia. A story of temple terraces historic architecture, rachelle hostetler. Marginal culture, and hong kong cinema 19371941 199 poshek fu 10. Hong kong wikipedia bahasa indonesia, ensiklopedia bebas. This history of hong kong from its occupation by the british in 1841 to its return to chinese sovereignty in 1997 includes the foundation of modern hong kong. Dickenss objects and the great exhibition of 1851, audrey raymi grounds. The politics of cultural and national identity in the cinemas of taiwan and hong kong.
Many of the new wave directors had a westernstyle education and thus, were influenced by western filmmaking and culture. Cinema hong kong history arts identity film and cinema. Stokes, lisa odham, jean lukitsh, michael hoover, and tyler stokes. Reprinted with revisions in the cinema of hong kong. During the 1980s, the film industry began to flourish. Jackie chans contribution to hong kong cinema and hollywood cinema. This paper intends to examine how cinema in hong kong depicted the 1997 handover.
As a former british colony, hong kong had a greater degree of political and economic freedom than mainland china and taiwan, and developed into a filmmaking hub for the chinesespeaking world including its worldwide diaspora. Jackie chans project a 1983 is set in hong kong in the last century, during the early days of british administration. China a fost mult timp, cel mai mare partener comercial al hong kongului, reprezentand aproximativ jumatate din exporturile hong kongului. They will discuss the search for a common, or multifaceted future identity, for the city and identity as artists practicing from hong kong. Providing an overview of major directors, genres and stars, from its origins to the present, this volume examines hong kong cinema in transnational, historical, and artistic contexts. Oct 21, 2010 this paper argues that the kung fu imaginary found in hong kong kung fu cinema is imbued with an underlying selfdismantling operation that denies its own effectiveness in modern life, and betrays an originary moment of heterogeneity, an origin of itself as already impurely chinese.
Six films that explain whats happening in hong kong quartz. Hong kong horror cinema edinburgh university press. Sep 01, 2001 because it is a mirror of hong kong society and therefore a meaningful medium for conveying what rey chow, in writing diaspora. In this paper, i aimed to explore deeply the hong kong 1997 handover theme films by comparison and summary in order to discover the history and cultural meaning of this incident from a human perspective.
Historical dictionaries of literature and the arts, no. Hong kong cinema s first american reception 19 david desser 2. While not as good as prashad in drawing attention to the political activism of the seventies. Hong kong cinema and the 1997 return of the colony to. The cinema of hong kong is noted for its brands of martial arts movies and comedy. The communist takeover of mainland china in 1949 created physical, cultural, and political segregation between the mainland and hong kong, thus foste. A brief historical tour of the hong kong martial arts film. Because it is a mirror of hong kong society and therefore a meaningful medium for conveying what rey chow, in writing diaspora. A comprehensive film history remains to be written, and the work that has been done by hong kong film critics and historians has yet to be translated. Cambridge university press 0521776023 the cinema of. History, arts, identity, edited by poshek fu and david desser, contributes a variety of perspectives by established and emerging voices in cinema. Rehiyon nga administratibo nga ispisyal han hong kong, usa nga autonomo nga teritoryo ha sidlangan nga dapit han estero han zhujiang salog perlas ha sinirangan nga asya. The people of hong kong have their own culture and beliefs, which helps differentiate this region from others in the world.
The cinema of hong kong examines one of the most popular and dynamic cinema traditions in the history of film. Thesis prepared for the degree of master of arts university of north texas december 2002 approved. In this installment of the history of hong kong action cinema series, we wont be digging into that many movies, but this time marks a serious change in the blossoming movie business in hong kong. This identity is often considered dual in its nature, especially with the younger generation, who use chinese hongkonger and hong kong chinese to refer to their belonging to. As a former british colony, hong kong had a greater degree of political and economic freedom than mainland china and taiwan, and developed into a filmmaking hub. Tactics of intervention in contemporary cultural studies 1993, calls postcolonial nostalgia, the cinema of hong kong has become a hot topic. To get a feeling for the location, well shortly consider the history of hong kong itself. Consisting of a blend of operatic traditions from various parts of china, it first arose in the ming and qing dynasties and experienced its commercial heyday in the early twentieth century. Providing an overview of major directors, genres, and stars, from its origins to the present, this volume examines hong kong cinema in historical, transnational. Cantonese opera, a traditional theatre of chinas far south, is a distinctive form of drama found in hong kong and chinas guangdong region. The american connection in early hong kong cinema 44 law kar 3. Staples, major professor harry benshoff, committee member harold tanner, committee member ben levin, graduate coordinator of the.
Dont forget to learn about hong kong s past and maritime history, and check out the museums about outer space and science. Hong kong s eclectic cultural scene is full of tales to tell, and there are many venues in which you can discover art and local culture. How the arts revolutionize black identity in the postmodern west, reginald eldridge jr. Melancholic nostalgia, identity crisis, and adaptation in. Drawing together scholars, critics, commentators, and creators on the vanguard of the emerging field of hong kong studies, the essay volume presents a gyroscopic perspective that discerns what is made in from what is made into hong kong while weaving a patchwork of the territorys contested local imaginary. Poshek fu and david desser ed, the cinema of hong kong. Providing an overview of major directors, genres, and stars, from its origins to the present, this volume examines hong kong cinema in historical, transnational, cultural. This cited by count includes citations to the following articles in scholar. Humanities and cultural studies theses and dissertations. Urban cinema and the cultural identity of hong kong 227 leung pingkwan 11. I believe it was published in 1988, in renditions, a literary magazine published by the research centre for translation rct at the chinese university of hong kong. Jan 05, 2018 the rise and fall of cantopop and, with it, hong kongs cultural identity vivienne chow says the ultimate song chart awards reminded her of how cantopop once brought a thriving hong kong together.
Theorizing ambivalence in ang lees transnational cinema takes a unique approach to the study of transnational cinema by examining the representation of chinese identity in ang lees films and the public discourse from various audience communities. The event, commonly referred to as the handover, marked the end of 155 years of british colonial rule and chinas resumption of full sovereignty over hong kong. Some courses may have special enrollment requirements e. In 1842, hong kong was leased to the united kingdom for a period of 156 years. Ten years after the handover introduction1 ten years have passed since the establishment of the hong kong special administrative region, or the hksar, on july 1, 1997. Paul fonoroff, well known hong kong film critic and historian, wrote, a brief history of hong kong cinema. Being chinese ethnically hongkongers have a lot in common with the european culture and lifestyle. This book focuses on his transnational films crouching tiger, hidden dragon 2000 and lust, caution 2007 as two case studies. The university of hong kong faculty of arts course list 201920 for reference only prepared by hku international affairs office on sep 6, 2019.
Masculinitiesand hong kongcinema hong kong university press. This section concludes with a brief presentation of art institutions in hong kong, like funding bodies and art education institutions. Questions of culture, identity, and industry yingjin zhang university of california, san diego, usa abstract this paper argues that transregional imagination characterizes hong kong cinema from its incipient stage all the way to the new millennium. Hong kong food, people, culture, beliefs and everything. Pdf hong kongs cultural identity reflected in jackie chans films. This important collection addresses issues of film production and exhibition and places chinese cinema in its national and transnational contexts.
The gangster as hero in hong kong cinema offscreen. An anthropologist among the lincoln park tribe of new zealand. History, arts, identity edited by poshek fu and david desser excerpt more information. Providing an overview of major directors, genres, and stars, from its origins to the present, this volume examines hong kong cinema in historical, transnational, cultural and political contexts. Hong kong horror cinema is the first englishlanguage study of this delirious and captivating cinematic tradition, offering new insights into the history of hong kong horror through case studies of classic films and through a detailed consideration of their aesthetic power, economic significance, and cultural impact in both the global and.
Hong kong cinema of the 1970s is the seventh volume in the oral history series, following an emerging modernity. National cinema, cultural critique, transnational capital. Hong kong in 1997 became imminent, an urgency in defining a heunggongyan xiang gang ren, or hong kong people identity propelled the analysis of social and cultural phenomena in this place where east meets west, where metropolitaneity juxtaposes with parochialism, where nationalism and individualism. Pdf since the 1960s, hong kong cinema has helped to shape one of the. Through interviews with film veterans, this volume strives to bear witness to industry development in. Hong kong food, people, culture, beliefs and everything else. The cinema of hong kong examines one of the most popular, dynamic, and important cinema traditions in the history of film. The hong kong cinema belonged completely to hong kong. The fact that the hong kong film industry produced films spoken in the national language is the source of hong kong cinema s national identity but to my mind, what made hong kong cinema a unique and distinctive cinema was its ability to produce and market dialect features at the same time. How does her film explore issues of hong kong identity, migration and. Master of arts radio, television and film, december 2002, 78 pp. Hong kong nostalgia cinema and its social practice 252 natalia chan sui hung 12.
Released months after the city returned to chinese rule, made in hong kong, directed by fruit chan, explores the feelings. Film served as the primary source of entertainment. The relationship between hong kong citizens ethnic. Five partial recollections of hong kong museum of art 19891993. David desser and poshek fu cambridge university press, 2000, pp. Klein martial arts and the globalization of us and asian. A panel of hong kong artist and designers will come together to discuss the nature of their work in the context of hong kong s tumultuous past and possible futures. Even when there was a sense of nostalgia for the old days of chinese history, the status of hong kong prevailed. Understanding hong kong art through hong kong culture. Castillo, gilbert gerard, gender, identity, and influence. By studying jackie chans representative films produced in hong kong and in hollywood. The origin of the hong kong martial arts movie genre and.
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