A History of Hong Kong Comics in Film Adaptations: The Appearance of Self-Identities

2018 ◽  
pp. 67-97
Author(s):  
Wendy Siuyi Wong
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Film Adaptations ◽  
History Of

The History of Hong Kong Comics in Film Adaptations

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wendy Siuyi Wong
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Popular Culture ◽  
Market Share ◽  
Film Adaptations ◽  
History Of ◽  
Film Series ◽  
Successful Integration

Chapter 22 traces the history of film adaptions of Hong Kong comics, locally known as manhua, from the late 1940s to the present, from Kiddy Cheung (adapted as The Kid) to McMug Comics (adapted as the McDull film series). Through the examination of selected comics-to-film titles, it examines various stages in the transformation of Hong Kong society and culture. It finds in the successful integration of both media an outstanding example of Hong Kong’s resourcefulness in representing its identity and a rich legacy in Asian popular culture. The essay seeks to preserve the history of two culturally marginalized media currently struggling to maintain their market share and in danger of being forgotten. It includes a filmography listing the publishing dates of the original manhua titles and the theatrical run dates of the adapted film titles.

A Medical History of Hong Kong

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Moira M. W. Chan-Yeung
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Medical History ◽  
History Of

A Medical History of Hong Kong

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Moira M. W. Chan-Yeung
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Medical History ◽  
History Of

Political radicalization and fragmentation of the democratic blocs and the legislative council elections in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 372-384
Author(s):  
Chung Fun Steven Hung
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Political Parties ◽  
Special Administrative Region ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Legislative Council ◽  
Administrative Region ◽  
Two Systems ◽  
History Of ◽  
One Country Two Systems ◽  
Historical Comparative

Purpose After direct elections were instituted in Hong Kong and the sovereignty was transferred from Britain to China, politicization inevitably followed democratization. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the pro-democratic political parties’ politics in Hong Kong in recent history. Design/methodology/approach The research was conducted through a historical comparative analysis, within the context of Hong Kong after the sovereignty handover and the interim period of crucial democratization. Findings With the implementation of “One country, Two systems,” political democratization was hindered in Hong Kong’s transformation. The democratic forces have no alternative but to seek more radicalized politics, which has caused a decisive and ineluctable fragmentation of the local political parties. Originality/value This paper explores and evaluates the political history of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region under “One country, Two systems” and the ways in which the limited democratization hinders the progress of Hong Kong’s transformation.

Spaces of Exclusion: The Significance of Cultural Identity in the Formation of European Residential Districts in British Hong Kong, 1877–1904

10.1068/d310 ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 223-252 ◽  
Author(s):  
G Alex Bremner ◽  
David P Y Lung
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Social History ◽  
Urban Form ◽  
European Population ◽  
Capital City ◽  
The Social ◽  
History Of ◽  
Residential District ◽  
Cultural Self

In this paper we discuss the role and significance of European cultural identity in the formation of the urban environment in 19th-century and early-20th-century British Hong Kong. Our purpose is to offer an alternative reading of the social history of Hong Kong-the orthodox accounts of which remain largely predominant in the general historical understanding of that society-by examining the machinations that surrounded attempts by the European colonial elite to control the production of urban form and space in the capital city of Hong Kong, Victoria. Here the European Residential District ordinance of 1888 (along with other related ordinances) is considered in detail. An examination of European cultural self-perception and the construction of colonial identity is made by considering not only the actual ways in which urban form and space were manipulated through these ordinances but also the visual representation of the city in art. Here the intersection between ideas and images concerning civil society, cultural identity, architecture, and the official practices of colonial urban planning is demonstrated. It is argued that this coalescing of ideas, images, and practices in the colonial environment of British Hong Kong not only led to the racialisation of urban form and space there but also contributed to the apparent anxiety exhibited by the European population over the preservation of their own identity through the immediacy of the built environment.

A journey of change – history of disability in Hong Kong 1841–2014

2017 ◽  
pp. 163-203
Author(s):  
Karen K.H. Ngai ◽  
Simon W.K. Wu ◽  
Joanna L.P. Chung
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
History Of

scholarly journals The Practice and Theory of China's National Image in Hong Kong Region* A Case Study of Film and Television

2021 ◽  
Vol 236 ◽  
pp. 05058
Author(s):  
Zhu Guangyao ◽  
Wang Yandong
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Strong Impact ◽  
Image Construction ◽  
National Image ◽  
Film And Television ◽  
History Of ◽  
National Ideology ◽  
Anglo American ◽  
Digital Film ◽  
The Cold War

Since Hong Kong was once considered to be the front line of the Cold War against China in the Anglo-American world, its film and television productions have been a significant ideological battlefield. Especially at that time, the western digital film and television production had a strong impact on the construction of national ideology in Hong Kong. It is evident that the artistic strategy of China's national image formation in the region, as viewed through film and television productions, has a targeted cultural and strategic orientation value. In this regard, this paper presents the viewpoints from the perspective of the development history of Hong Kong's film and television productions as well as the successful experience of image construction in Europe and America since the mid-twentieth century.

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