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Chinese Face/Off : The transnational popular culture of Hong Kong /

by Lo, Kwai-Cheung.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Popular culture and politics in Asia Pacific.Publisher: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2005Description: 282 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 025202978X (cloth : alk. paper); 9780252029783 (cloth : alk. paper); 0252072286 (pbk. : alk. paper); 9780252072284 (pbk. : alk. paper).Other title: Transnational popular culture of Hong Kong.Subject(s): Popular culture -- China -- Hong Kong | Culture populaire -- Chine -- Hongkong | Hong Kong (China) -- Civilization -- 21st century | Hong Kong (China) -- Civilization -- Foreign influences | Hongkong (Chine) -- Civilisation -- 21e siècle | Hongkong (Chine) -- Civilisation -- Influence étrangère
Contents:
Introduction: the Chineseness of Hong Kong's transnational culture in today's world -- I. From voice to words and back in Chinese identification -- 1. Much ado about the ordinary in newspaper-column and book culture -- 2. Leftovers of the film and television subtitles in a transnational context -- II. Image is everything -- 3. Hong Kong muscles and the sublime Chinese subjectivity -- 4. Transnationalization of the local in a circular structure -- 5. Charlie Chan reborn as Jackie Chan in Hollywood-Hong Kong representations -- 6. Racial passing and face swapping in the wild, wild west -- 7. Tigers crouch and dragons hide in new trans-Chinese cinema -- III. A show boat to China -- 8. Giant panda, Mickey Mouse and other transnational objects of fantasy in theme park Hong Kong.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-273) and index.

Introduction: the Chineseness of Hong Kong's transnational culture in today's world -- I. From voice to words and back in Chinese identification -- 1. Much ado about the ordinary in newspaper-column and book culture -- 2. Leftovers of the film and television subtitles in a transnational context -- II. Image is everything -- 3. Hong Kong muscles and the sublime Chinese subjectivity -- 4. Transnationalization of the local in a circular structure -- 5. Charlie Chan reborn as Jackie Chan in Hollywood-Hong Kong representations -- 6. Racial passing and face swapping in the wild, wild west -- 7. Tigers crouch and dragons hide in new trans-Chinese cinema -- III. A show boat to China -- 8. Giant panda, Mickey Mouse and other transnational objects of fantasy in theme park Hong Kong.

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