Tam Wai Wan Vivian. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 231-233). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Chapter 1 --- Orientation to Domestication --- p.1 / Chapter ´Ø --- Literature Review and Methodology --- p.6 / Chapter ´Ø --- "Popular Culture, Cultural Identity and Discourse" --- p.7 / Chapter ´Ø --- Textual Analysis and Interview --- p.13 / Chapter ´Ø --- "Ideology, Discourses and Domestication" --- p.19 / Chapter 2 --- Introduction to the Four Discourses --- p.40 / Chapter 3 --- Chow Yun-fat's Subversive Past --- p.46 / Chapter 4 --- Domesticating Chow on TV Ads --- p.62 / Chapter 5 --- Taming Chow Yun-fat on Paper --- p.83 / Chapter 6 --- Overview to Reception Analysis --- p.105 / Chapter 7 --- Newfound Pride in Chow Yun-fat --- p.114 / Chapter ´Ø --- Upper-middle Class' Actualizing Actor --- p.114 / Chapter ´Ø --- Small Business Owners' Actor of Class --- p.127 / Chapter 8 --- Colonization or Rejuvenation of the Grassroot Chow Yun-fat --- p.141 / Chapter ´Ø --- Colonizing the Secure Working Class --- p.151 / Chapter ´Ø --- Revitalized Admiration by the Cultured Middle Class --- p.158 / Chapter 9 --- Disenchantment and Alienation of the Insecure Working Class 一 A Chow Yun-fat beyond Survival --- p.168 / Chapter 10 --- Conclusion --- p.192 / Appendix 1: Sample of Interview Questions --- p.197 / Appendix 2: Selected Frames and Shot-by-shot Analysis of Chow Yun-fat Advertisements --- p.198 / Appendix 3: Chow Yun-fat's Filmography --- p.229 / Bibliography --- p.231