thesis written by Chang Sio Man, Loretta. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1996. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 143-146). / Chapter 1. --- Introduction / Background --- p.1 / The Research Question --- p.2 / Limitations --- p.7 / Research Content --- p.8 / Chapter 2. --- The Siao Fong Fong Phenomenon: Tale of an Orphan --- p.14 / Chapter 3. --- Negotiating a Star Text: Theoretical Perspectives / Chapter 3.1 --- What is a Star? --- p.25 / "Star as Image, Star as Sign" / "Star as Person, Star as Woman" / Chapter 3.2 --- Female Strategies of Laughter --- p.45 / To Play the Male Game: Comedy as a Tool of Oppression / To Steal the Show: Comedy as a Tool of Subversion / Chapter 3.3 --- Towards a Theory of Marginal Empowerment --- p.63 / Chapter 4. --- Evolution of a Star and a Society: The Orphan Complex --- p.70 / Chapter 5. --- Star Text Siao Fong Fong: Textual Analysis / Chapter 5.1 --- Publicity --- p.82 / Chapter 5.2 --- Films --- p.90 / Chapter 6. --- Conclusion: A Star Text of Possibilities --- p.121 / Bibliography --- p.143 / Chapter Appendix: --- Figures

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