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The representation of space in contemporary Hong Kong nostalgia films.

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

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_322358
Date January 1998
ContributorsChu, Wing Ki., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of English.
Source SetsThe Chinese University of Hong Kong
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeText, bibliography
Formatprint, vii, 219 leaves : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm.
CoverageChina, Hong Kong, China, Hong Kong, China, Hong Kong, China, Hong Kong, Hong Kong (China)
RightsUse of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)

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