by Chu Wing Ki. / Thesis submitted in: July 1997. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1998. / Filmography: leaves 216-219. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 204-215). / Chapter Chapter 1. --- Introduction: Contemporary Nostalgia Films Understood in the Colonial Context of Hong Kong / Chapter I. --- opular Culture as an Arena ofublicarticipation --- p.2 / Chapter II. --- opular Culture and Colonialism --- p.14 / The Ambivalence of Colonialism --- p.14 / """Status-quo Imaginary"" as the Manifestation of Colonial Ambivalence" --- p.17 / Chapter i. --- Hong Kong in the late 60s --- p.21 / Chapter ii. --- Hong Kong in the 70s --- p.24 / Chapter iii. --- Hong Kong in the 80s and 90s --- p.30 / Popular Culture Understood in the Colonial Context of Hong Kong --- p.35 / Chapter III --- The Contemporary Mode of Nostalgia as Mediation of Colonialrocess --- p.38 / Nostalgia Films Understood inost-Colonial Context -- The Ambivalence of History --- p.38 / Chapter i. --- Nostalgia Films not Targetted towards the Rediscovery of History --- p.40 / "The Appropriation of History as a ""Laughable"" Other" --- p.43 / "The Substitution of History by ""Style""" --- p.47 / Chapter ii. --- Nostalgia Films' Evocation of a Free-Floating Signifier of Hong Kong Historical Identity --- p.50 / Nostalgia Films as a Context-Specific Articulation --- p.56 / Nostalgia Films as a Form of Disavowal --- p.59 / Outline of the Coming Chapters --- p.61 / Chapter Chapter2. --- Nostalgia and History --- p.66 / Chapter I. --- Rouge --- p.66 / The Construction of Nostalgic Effects --- p.67 / "“Sense of Loss"" as Identity Formation" --- p.72 / "Theast as a ""Split Object"" of Identification" --- p.75 / Pessimism as a Collective Empowerment --- p.84 / Chapter II. --- Center Stage --- p.88 / Interrogation of History --- p.89 / Pessimism as Empowerment -- Reification of History --- p.93 / The Ambivalence of History --- p.100 / Chapter III. --- Days of Being Wild --- p.103 / Interrogation of History:History and Subject Formation --- p.103 / """Internal Colonization"" and Fatalism" --- p.113 / "The Image of “Innocence""" --- p.116 / Conclusion --- p.121 / Chapter Chapter 3. --- Nostalgia and Urban Space --- p.124 / Chapter I. --- Nostalgia as a Critique of Urban Space --- p.124 / Chapter II --- Chungking Express --- p.131 / "Old Chinese Apartment as Site of “Re-enchantment""" --- p.133 / "The “Urban Spectacle"" -- Old Chinese Apartment as Reified Spatial Construct" --- p.140 / Chapter i. --- "The Traversed Space of ""Contemporariness"" and ""Pastness""" --- p.140 / Chapter ii. --- "The ""Openness"" of Old Chinese Apartment" --- p.147 / Old Chinese Apartment -- An Expression of Nostalgia? --- p.155 / Chapter III. --- "He ´ةs a Woman and She ´ةs a Man, C'est La Vie Mon Cheri，He and She" --- p.158 / "The “ Urban Spectacle""" --- p.158 / Chapter i. --- ositive Human Qualities --- p.158 / Chapter ii. --- A Historical Sense oflace --- p.163 / Chapter iii. --- Interior Design -- The Assertion of Urban Spirit of Change --- p.165 / Chapter iv. --- "Socially and Culturally ""Marginal"" Characters" --- p.167 / Urban Status-quo Imaginary and Cultural Identificationin Hong Kong --- p.170 / Old Chinese Apartment as Reified Spatial Construct --- p.174 / Chapter i. --- Thearadox of Attraction and Anxiety A Discourse ofrogress --- p.174 / Chapter ii. --- The Inscription of the Imperative of Advancement intohysical Surrounding --- p.179 / Chapter iii. --- "The “Urban Spectacle"" of Social Differences ""Cloaked"" Gestures of ´ب´بSubversion""" --- p.181 / Conclusion --- p.191 / Chapter Chapter 4. --- Conclusion: Nostalgia -- The Ambivalence of History --- p.194 / Chapter I. --- Optimism andessimism as Identity Formation --- p.194 / Chapter II --- The Commercialization of Nostalgia --- p.197 / Bibliography --- p.208 / Filmography --- p.220 / Appendix I-IX

by Ku Ho Kwan Lisbeth. / Thesis submitted in: September 1997. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1998. / Filmography: leaves 117-119. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 109-116). / List of illustrations --- p.vii / Chapter I. --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1. 1 --- Articulating Hong Kong History / Identity --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Identity through Mass-Cultural Mediation --- p.10 / Chapter 1. 3 --- Using Popular Culture --- p.18 / Chapter II. --- The Locality of Culture: A Contextual Analysis of Cantonese Cinema in Hong Kong --- p.32 / Chapter 2.1 --- The Emergence of Local Consciousness through Three Decades of Cantonese Cinema (From the 30s to the 50s) --- p.32 / Chapter 2. 2 --- Youth Film and Its Historically Specific Audience --- p.38 / Chapter 2. 3 --- Reading Youth Film -- A Purple Stormy Night (紫色風雨夜) --- p.55 / Chapter III. --- Mass Mediated Images of Women --- p.64 / Chapter 3. 1 --- Connie Chan Po Chu and Josephine Siao Fong Fong as Desired Cultural Images --- p.66 / Chapter 3. 2 --- Identification and Commodification --- p.81 / Chapter IV. --- Conclusion --- p.92 / Chapter 4.1 --- The Ordinary and the Extraordinary-- Siao Fong Fong and the Self-Image of Hong Kong People in the 90s --- p.92 / Chapter 4.2 --- Mediating Cultural Identity with Cultural History of Hong Kong --- p.102 / Bibliography --- p.109 / 中文電影目錄 --- p.117 / Appendix --- p.120

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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