Found in Transition: Hong Kong Studies in the Age of China (Suny Series in Global Modernity)

Presents an updated account of Hong Kong and its culture two decades after its reversion to China . In Found in Transition , Yiu-Wai Chu examines the fate of Hong Kong’s unique cultural identity in the contexts of both global capitalism and the increasing influence of China. Drawing on recent developments, especially with respect to language, movies, and popular songs as modes of resistance to “Mainlandization” and different forms of censorship, Chu explores the challenges facing Hong Kong twenty years after its reversion to China as a Special Administrative Region. Highlighting locality and hybridity along postcolonial lines of interpretation, he also attempts to imagine the future of Hong Kong by utilizing Hong Kong studies as a method. Chu argues that the study of Hong Kong—the place where the impact of the rise of China is most intensely felt—can shed light on emergent crises in different areas of the world. As such, this book represents a consequential follow-up to the author’s Lost in Transition and a valuable contribution to international, area, and cultural studies. “This is a wide-ranging and worthy sequel to Chu’s Lost in Transition . By juxtaposing a series of critical issues—urban development, self-writing, language education, and cultural production, among others—that have confounded those who care deeply about this former British colony, Chu offers his readers an intelligent and sensitive guide to connect and make sense of the various debates, and he places the conundrums Hong Kong faces in the contexts of both the limits of neoliberal capitalism and the ‘Age of China.’” — Leo K. Shin, author of The Making of the Chinese State: Ethnicity and Expansion on the Ming Borderlands __Presents an updated account of Hong Kong and its culture two decades after its reversion to China__. In, Yiu-Wai Chu examines the fate of Hong Kong’s unique cultural identity in the contexts of both global capitalism and the increasing influence of China. Drawing on recent developments, especially with respect to language, movies, and popular songs as modes of resistance to “Mainlandization” and different forms of censorship, Chu explores the challenges facing Hong Kong twenty years after its reversion to China as a Special Administrative Region. Highlighting locality and hybridity along postcolonial lines of interpretation, he also attempts to imagine the future of Hong Kong by utilizing Hong Kong studies as a method. Chu argues that the study of Hong Kong—the place where the impact of the rise of China is most intensely felt—can shed light on emergent crises in different areas of the world. As such, this book represents a consequential follow-up to the author’s and a valuable contribution to international, area, and cultural studies.“This is a wide-ranging and worthy sequel to Chu’s . By juxtaposing a series of critical issues—urban development, self-writing, language education, and cultural production, among others—that have confounded those who care deeply about this former British colony, Chu offers his readers an intelligent and sensitive guide to connect and make sense of the various debates, and he places the conundrums Hong Kong faces in the contexts of both the limits of neoliberal capitalism and the ‘Age of China.’” — Leo K. Shin, author of "In Found in Transition, Yiu-Wai Chu provides a critical examination of the fate of Hong Kong's unique cultural identity in the contexts of both global capitalism and increasing influence of China. Drawing on recent developments in Hong Kong, especially with respect to language and education, movies and popular songs as modes of resistance to "Mainlandization" and different forms of censorship, this book offers an intelligent guide to connect and make sense of the various debates and conundrums facing Hong Kong shortly before and after the twentieth anniversary of its reversion to China as a Special Administrative Region. Highlighting locality and hybridity along postcolonial lines of interpretation, this book will contribute to the important fields of Hong Kong and China Studies. It is also an attempt to imagine the future of Hong Kong by underlining Hong Kong studies as a method. Chu argues that the study of Hong Kong, where the impact of the rise of China is most intensely felt, can also shed light on emergent crises in different areas of the world. As such this book constitutes not only a consequential follow-up to the author's Lost in Transition, but also a valuable contribution to international, area, and cultural studies"-- Provided by publisher Yiu-Wai Chu is Professor and Director of the Hong Kong Studies Program at the University of Hong Kong. His books include Lost in Hong Kong Culture in the Age of China , also published by SUNY Press.