Cantopop was once the leading pop genre of panchinese popular music around the world. It provides authoritative treatment of all important aspects of the languages spoken in china, today and in the past, from many different. Leon laiming sbs bbs mh born 11 december 1966, is a hong kong actor and cantopop singer. Culture in the age of china 20,hong kong culture and society in the new millennium. Yiuwai chu, director of the hong kong studies program at the university of hong kong, continues in hong kong cantopop. Cantopop, the most representative genre of hong kong popular music, is a major part of the popular cultural phenomenon of hong kong. Carroll concludes by exploring the legacies of colonial rule, the consequences of hong kongs reintegration with china, and significant developments and challenges since 1997. A concise history of hong kong download ebook pdf, epub. In all colonies there are distinctly drawn social lines.
Hong kong is a city with a unique blend of eastern and western influences. The english term cantopopcantonese popular songsdid not come into. A concise history is not only a brief history of cantonese pop songs, but also of hong kong culture. This chapter illustrates the role english language plays within the mixed back drop of a metropolitancapitalism and. The rise and fall of canto pop and, with it, hong kongs cultural identity vivienne chow says the ultimate song chart awards reminded her of how canto. A concise history of hong kong critical issues in history. When the british occupied the tiny island of hong kong during the first opium war, the chinese empire was well into its decline, while great britain was already in the second decade of its legendary imperial century. While the two cities have been studied as exemplars of postcolonial state formation in which finance capitalism contributes to the rise of modernity, their queer modernism in the literary and cultural spheres has largely escaped comparative studies. Exploring hong kong through film and popular music course code. A concise history 2017, hong kong culture and society in the new millennium. A concise history, lifelong cantopop fan and university of hong kong professor yiuwai chu shows that theres more. A concise history of hong kong pdf epub download cause. John carroll, a concise history of hong kong lanham. Hong kong metamorphosis, denis bray, nov 1, 2001, political science, 264 pages.
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Cccu4040 exploring hong kong through film and popular. Cantopop, the most representative genre of hong kong popular music, is a major part of the. In the two years before the sinobritish joint declaration was initialed on september 26, 1984 at the great hall of the people in beijing, hong kong experienced another crisis of confi dence. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. Hong kong cantopop puts us in tune with the lesser. A concise history, by yiuwai chu, hong kong, hong kong university press, 2017, 256 pp. Hong kong studies in the future continuous tense iias. A modern history of hong kong, steve tsang, aug 15, 2007, history, 340 pages. Like lost in transition, this book is haunted by the decline of hong kong culture since the handover, and by the spectre of mainland. What made canton and hong kong such desirable locations for revolutionary activities in the early 20 th century. Browse in music hong kong scholarship online hong kong.
He has also published widely in journals of different academic disciplines such as literature, film, popular music, cultural policy, anthropology, sociology and legal studies. A concise history of hong kong, 2007, 270 pages, john mark. Pdf english and its role in hong kong cultural identity. China perspectives 20174 2017 grassroots makers of chinese digital economy yiuwai chu, hong kong cantopop. This essay explores the queer literary modernism of hong kong and singapore since the 1990s to make several interventions. They debuted in 2008 under universal music hong kong with the eponymous ep mister and have since released nine fulllength studio albums. This major history of hong kong tells the remarkable story of how a cluster of remote fishing villages grew into an icon of capitalism.
Use the link below to share a fulltext version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Nathanel amar 1 yiuwai chu, director of the hong kong studies program at the university of hong kong, continues in hong kong cantopop. The band comprises alan po lead vocalist, ronny lay rhythm guitarist, mj lead guitarlist, dash bass guitarist and backing vocalist, and tom to drummer. Beyond 1997 217 chronology of key events 239 bibliography and further reading. In this pioneering study of cantopop in english, yiuwai chu shows how the rise of cantopop is related to the emergence of a hong kong identity and consciousness. The rights and freedoms of hong kong people and others living here are founded on the impartial rule of law, an independent judiciary, a comprehensive system of legal aid, and a free and active press. Pdf a concise history of hong kong download full pdf. Sorry, we are unable to provide the full text but you may find it at the following locations. The book was written with the general public in mind and is not full of technical and historical details only relevant to historians.
Hong kong was a british colony for 156 years before sovereignty over the territory was handed to china in 1997. A concise history the analyses he outlined in his previous book, published in 20, lost in transition. The encyclopedia of chinese language and linguistics offers a systematic and comprehensive overview of the languages of china and the different ways in which they are and have been studied. She rose to fame in the 1980s as a cantopop singer, before expanding her fan base significantly in asia, releasing more than 30 stylistically diverse albums in cantonese, mandarin, english and japanese as one of the legendary figures in chineselanguage music of 20th and 21st centuries, sandy is. Colonialism and the politics of chinese history in hong. As part of the research for my next novel, ive been reading a concise history of hong kong, by john carroll, and ive learned a lot. This course explores various political, economic, social and cultural issues of hong kong through film and popular music. Week 8 cantonese diaspora in southeast asia oct 23 yow cheun hoe, patterns and impacts guangdong and its different diasporic groups, guangdong and chinese diaspora the changing landscape of qiaoxiang london. A concise history, hong kong, hong kong university press, 2017, 256 pp. The book explores hong kong as a place with a unique identity, yet also a crossroads where chinese history, british colonial history, and world history intersect. Colonialism and the politics of chinese history in hong kong s schools introduction history tends to be the most politically and culturally sensitive of all school subjects, particularly because of the way it relates to an often highly politicised public discourse over national identity. The book concludes with a chapter on the eclipse of cantopop by mandapop mandarin popular music, and an analysis of the relevance of cantopop to hong kong people in the age of a dominant china. Read download a concise history of hong kong pdf pdf.