This extended case analysis thus demonstrates the intricate relationship between complex state capacities and cultural hegemony. It aims to deepen our understanding of the cultural history and state nature of Mao's China; theoretically, it aims to bring the state back into the cultural analysis based on a more solid foundation of state theory and provide a reference case for applying state theory to analyze cultural and other issues. / This research is an empirical analysis of the cultural hegemony pursued by Mao's China (1949-1966) in the field of mass culture. Based on the empirical research of this study, and inspired by the perspective of "Bringing the State back in" School, and the "State in Society" theory as well, this research put forth the theoretical perspective of "Complex Vision of State Capacities", which highlights the uneven-ness of state capacities in different fields and different aspects of the same field, and emphasizes that we should pay attention to both the strong state capacities, weak state capacities, the paradox of strong state capacities, the conflict between different state projects and the influence of "policy feedback" on state capacities. Based on the Extended Case Method, this research selects the Dashijie Amusement Center in Shanghai as the subject of research. It analyzes how the new regime effectively took over and transformed Dashijie, and meanwhile, demonstrates that under the influence of the complex state capacities, Dashijie gradually lost its original characteristics as an amusement center, and became more and more similar with Workers' Club. This phenomenon is called as cultural isomorphism. Negotiational hegemony to some extent alleviated this situation of cultural isomorphism, while zero-sum hegemony exacerbated it. With this development, the number of audience of Dashijie dropped a lot, which implies the predicament of cultural hegemony in the field of mass culture pursued by the totalistic state. Following the methodological perspective of the Extended Case Method, and also inspired by Bourdieu's theory of cultural field, this research further analyzes the evolution of Shanghai Bureau of Cultural Affairs. It demonstrated that, compared with the Nationalist Government, the new regime took further step in state building in the field of mass culture, advancing the bureaucratization of cultural administrative apparatuses and penetrating the state power into the cultural field at the grass-roots level. On the other hand, this research also reveals that the new regime is constrained by the weak state capacities in financial resources, human capital, sufficient bureaucratization, and the limitation of state capacities in the heterogeneity of the masses and the asynchronous-ness of structural transformation. As a result, the state capacity of the totalistic state in eradicating the production and circulation of the old mass cultural products is relatively strong and thus relatively successful, while the state capacity in constructing a new socialist mass culture, which was expected to be widely accepted by the masses, is relatively weak and thus relatively unsuccessful. In the view of "Complex Vision of State Capacities", negotiational hegemony reflected the recognition of complex state capacities, and it was thus necessary and beneficial for the state project of cultural hegemony; while the zero-sum hegemony reflected lack of recognition of or even did not accept the situation of complex state capacities, and thus exacerbated the situation of cultural isomorphism, leading to the final predicatement of cultural hegemony. / 肖文明. / Adviser: Hoi-man Chan. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 73-04, Section: A, page: . / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2011. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 323-339). / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Electronic reproduction. [Ann Arbor, MI] : ProQuest Information and Learning, [201-] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Abstracts in Chinese and English. / Xiao Wenming.

He, Xiao. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2010. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 196-202). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Abstract --- p.3 / Acknowledgement --- p.5 / Chapter Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.8 / Chapter 1.1 --- Who are the Cosplayers? --- p.13 / Chapter 1.2 --- Why Cosplay? --- p.15 / Chapter 1.3 --- Why Hong Kong? --- p.17 / Chapter 1.4 --- Research Questions --- p.19 / Chapter 1.5 --- The Background of Cosplay --- p.21 / Chapter 1.6 --- Cosplay Events in Hong Kong --- p.24 / Chapter 1.6.1 --- Large-scale commercial conventions --- p.25 / Chapter 1.6.2 --- Cosplay and dôjinshi events held by universities --- p.27 / Chapter 1.6.3 --- Small-scale privately organized photo-taking events --- p.28 / Chapter 1.7 --- How to Get the Costumes --- p.31 / Chapter 1.8 --- Literature Review --- p.33 / Chapter 1.8.1 --- Globalization and Localization --- p.33 / Chapter 1.8.2 --- Youth Subculture and Fandom Culutre --- p.36 / Chapter 1.9 --- Methodology --- p.39 / Chapter 1.9.1 --- In-depth Interview --- p.39 / Chapter 1.9.2 --- Participant Observation --- p.40 / Chapter 1.9.3 --- Media Studies --- p.43 / Chapter 1.9.4 --- Language --- p.44 / Chapter 1.10 --- Outlines of the Chapters --- p.45 / Chapter Chapter 2 --- The Japaneseness for the Cosplayers --- p.48 / Chapter 2.1 --- Emphasis on Japanese Originality --- p.48 / Chapter 2.2 --- Japanese Elements in their Cyberculture --- p.56 / Chapter 2.3 --- High Reputation for Japan --- p.61 / Chapter 2.4 --- "From ""Odorless"" to ""Japanese""" --- p.66 / Chapter 2.5 --- Summary --- p.70 / Chapter Chapter 3 --- Cosplayer Cyberculture --- p.73 / Chapter 3.1 --- Cosplayers Online --- p.74 / Chapter 3.1.1 --- Public Space --- p.76 / Chapter 3.1.2 --- Dark Space --- p.79 / Chapter 3.1.3 --- Personal Space --- p.84 / Chapter 3.2 --- The Contradiction --- p.88 / Chapter 3.3 --- A Long-lasting Discussion: Effort or Enjoyment --- p.98 / Chapter 3.4 --- Summary --- p.105 / Chapter Chapter 4 --- "Pretty Girls, Pretty Boys, and Their Audiences" --- p.108 / Chapter 4.1 --- "Pretty Girls, Photographers, and the Other Girls" --- p.109 / Chapter 4.2 --- Pretty Boys --- p.116 / Chapter 4.3 --- Pretty Boys in Love --- p.132 / Chapter 4.4 --- Summary --- p.143 / Chapter Chapter 5 --- The Meanings of Cosplay --- p.146 / Chapter 5.1 --- Mainstream Values and the Education System in Hong Kong --- p.146 / Chapter 5.2 --- Cosplayers as Secondary School-Students --- p.150 / Chapter 5.3 --- The Meanings of Cosplay: Four Cases --- p.157 / Chapter 5.3.1 --- "Te's Story: ""I'm going to work in art and design""" --- p.157 / Chapter 5.3.2 --- "Tsu's Story: ""I mustn't let my parents knew that I'm cosplaying""" --- p.166 / Chapter 5.3.3 --- "Story of a Mother: ""I want to let her try anything that interests her""" --- p.171 / Chapter 5.3.4 --- "Saki's Story: ""Cosplay is just an interest after all'" --- p.175 / Chapter 5.4 --- Summary --- p.179 / Chapter Chapter 6 --- Conclusion --- p.181 / Chapter 6.1 --- A Review of the Chapters --- p.181 / Chapter 6.2 --- Comparison with Previous Studies --- p.186 / Bibliography --- p.196

Cheng, Connie. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2011. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 182-192). / Abstracts in English and Chinese ; appendix in Chinese. / Thesis / Assessment Committee --- p.i / Abstracts --- p.ii / Acknowledgements --- p.iv / "A Note on the Use of Chinese / Japanese Terms, Names, and Webpage Materials" --- p.V / Table of Contents --- p.vi / Chapter Chapter 1: --- Preface --- p.1 / Objectives and Significance --- p.4 / Issues to be Addressed --- p.5 / Methodologies --- p.10 / Structure of the Thesis --- p.12 / Chapter Chapter 2: --- The Rise of Japanese Pop Culture in Hong Kong - The 1980s --- p.15 / Japan's Economic Influences in Hong Kong --- p.15 / Japanese Popular Culture Boom in Hong Kong --- p.19 / Tourist Flows to Japan in the 1980s --- p.31 / Chapter Chapter 3: --- The Second Japanese Popular Culture Boom - The 1990s --- p.38 / The Change in Economic and Social Environment --- p.38 / Japanese Popular Culture Continues to Flourish --- p.40 / Japanese Pop Music (J-pop) --- p.40 / "Animation, Comic and Game (ACG)" --- p.42 / Japanese Television Dramas --- p.47 / Hong Kong Tourists to Japan and the Development of Cultural Pilgrimage --- p.56 / Chapter Chapter 4: --- The Age of Cultural Pilgrimage - the 2000s --- p.64 / Hong Kong People's Consumption of Japanese Products --- p.64 / Pop Songs --- p.64 / Television Dramas --- p.65 / ACG --- p.66 / Tours to Japan --- p.69 / Pop Culture Tourism and Cultural Pilgrimage --- p.75 / Governmental Strategies --- p.77 / Tour Agencies' Strategies --- p.87 / Self-guided Tourists --- p.91 / Chapter Chapter 5: --- Case Studies of Hong Kong Young People who Performed Cultural Pilgrimages to Japan --- p.112 / Case 1 --- p.113 / Case 2 --- p.117 / Case 3 --- p.121 / Case 4 --- p.125 / Case 5 --- p.129 / Case 6 --- p.135 / Case 7 --- p.138 / Case 8 --- p.142 / Case 9 --- p.146 / Case 10 --- p.149 / General Remarks --- p.154 / Chapter Chapter 6: --- Concluding Analysis --- p.157 / Chapter 1. --- Cultural Pilgrimage and the Cultural Identities of Hong Kong Young People --- p.158 / Chapter 2. --- The Impacts of the Rise of Pop Culture Tourism on Tourism --- p.162 / Chapter 3. --- Meanings of Cultural Pilgrimage to Fandom Study --- p.170 / Chapter 4. --- New Perspectives on the Understanding of Cultural Globalization --- p.173 / Chapter Appendix A - --- Survey Questionnaire --- p.178 / Chapter Appendix B - --- Interview Questions --- p.180 / Bibliography --- p.182

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據稿本複印 / 論文(哲學碩士)--香港中文大學硏究院傳播學部,1993. / 附參考文獻 / 葉智仁. / 《目錄》 / Chapter 第一章 --- 導論 --- p.1 / Chapter 一、 --- 引言 --- p.1 / Chapter 二、 --- 研究的背景及意義 --- p.1 / Chapter 三、 --- 研究的提問方向 --- p.3 / Chapter 四、 --- 論文結構及目的 --- p.3 / Chapter 第二章 --- 普及文化與閱聽人 --- p.5 / Chapter 一、 --- 普及文化的概念和探討範圍 --- p.5 / Chapter 二、 --- 以「ˇئø聽人」觀念探討普及文化 --- p.7 / Chapter 三、 --- 三種不同的閱聽人研究典範 --- p.9 / Chapter 第三章 --- 閱聽人民族誌的方法論及研究方法 --- p.16 / Chapter 一、 --- 本研究的知識論立埸 --- p.16 / Chapter 二、 --- 本研究的現象學主旨 --- p.17 / Chapter 三、 --- 詮釋的觀念 --- p.18 / Chapter 四、 --- 深描就是詮釋 --- p.20 / Chapter 五、 --- 民族誌的科學價值 --- p.21 / Chapter 六、 --- 閱聽人民族誌的研究理念 --- p.22 / Chapter 第四章 --- 閱聽人民族誌 --- p.25 / Chapter 一、 --- 本研究的時間、地點和人物 --- p.25 / Chapter 二、 --- 本研究的田野工作過程 --- p.29 / Chapter 三、 --- 開放改革中的順德 --- p.34 / Chapter 四、 --- 順德普及文化史 --- p.43 / Chapter 五、 --- 順德人與電視 --- p.47 / Chapter 六、 --- 順德人與偶像 --- p.63 / Chapter 七、 --- 順德人與消費文化 --- p.72 / Chapter 第五章 --- 總結與討論 --- p.88 / Chapter 一、 --- 順德普及文化及對順德人的意義 --- p.88 / Chapter 二、 --- 閱聽人民族誌在普及文化研究上的意義 --- p.94 / 英文書目 --- p.97 / 中文書目 --- p.102