Chan, Pui Shan. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2011. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 113-118). / Abstracts in English and Chinese; appendixes includes Chinese. / Acknowledgements --- p.ii / Abstract --- p.iii / Chapter Chapter 1: --- The Political and Social Influence on the Development of Hong Kong Film Industry and the Cantonese Cinema in the 1950s and the 1960s --- p.1 / Chapter Chapter 2: --- Defining the Genre: Three Characteristics of Hong Kong Cantonese Youth Film --- p.24 / Chapter Chapter 3: --- The Functions and Characteristics of Song in Cantonese Youth Film --- p.53 / Chapter Chapter 4: --- The Modernity of Cantonese Cinema and the City (Hong Kong) --- p.87 / Chapter Conclusion: --- Hong Kong Cantonese Youth Film and the Construction of Identity --- p.104 / Appendix 1 --- p.107 / Appendix 2 --- p.109 / Appendix 3 --- p.111 / Bibliography --- p.112