Culture, Politics and Television in Hong Kong (Culture and Communication in Asia)

Ma looks at the ways in which the identity of Hong Kong citizens has changed in the 1990s especially since the handover to China in 1997. This is the first analysis which focuses on the role, in this process, of popular media in general and television in particular. The author specifically analyses at the relationship between television ideologies and cultural identities and explores the role of television in the process of identity formation and maintenance. Until The Mid-1980s, When It Became Clear That Hong Kong Would Return To China, Hongkongers Tended To Identify Themselves As Something Other Than Mainland Chinese. Now That Hong Kong Is Again A Part Of China, The Local Population Have Had To Come To Terms With Their Previously Suppressed Chinese Identity.--book Jacket. This Book Is Concerned With How The Identity Categories Of Hongkongers And Mainlanders Have Changed In The 1990s. The Analysis Focuses On The Role, In This Process, Of The Popular Media In General And Of Television In Particular. The Author Looks Specifically At The Relationship Between 'television Ideologies' And 'cultural Identities', And Explores The Role Of Television In The Process Of Identity Formation And Maintenance As Illustrated By The Case Of Hong Kong Television.--book Jacket. Identity, Culture, And The Media -- Mediating Hong Kong Identity (i): De-sinicisation -- Mediating Hong Kong Identity (ii): Re-sinicisation -- Outsiders On Television -- Re-imagining Hong Kong Identity -- Public Voices/private Anxieties -- The Production Of Television Culture -- Rethinking Television Culture. Eric Kit-wai Ma. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [213]-235) And Index. This book focuses on how the identity categories of Hongkongers and mainlanders have changed in the 1990s and on the role, in this process, of popular media in general and television in particular.