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"Let's Drink to 1997" : The handover of Hong Kong, as seen in Hong Kong cinema 1986-1992 / "Let's Drink to 1997" : Överlämningen av Hong Kong, sedd inom Hong Kong-film 1986-1992

Taking a look at ten films from the Hong Kong golden age 1986-1992 and how the common themes in these relate to the handover from United Kingdom to China in 1997, this essay investigates this with the use of a thematic analysis as well as with the theories of seeing “cinema as a mirror” and the way that the society and people of Hong Kong as a whole are reflected and identified in these films. From this it can be seen that the handover and themes closely related to it is recurring throughout the films of this period, but also how society and major political events are reflected in cinema.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:kau-35261
Date January 2015
CreatorsZandbergs, Simon
PublisherKarlstads universitet, Institutionen för geografi, medier och kommunikation
Source SetsDiVA Archive at Upsalla University
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeStudent thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text
Formatapplication/pdf
Rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess

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