Desiring Hong Kong, Consuming South China: Transborder Cultural Politics, 1970-2010
Eric Kit-wai Ma
Abstract
This book is a study of consumer desire and cultural production in China through the lived experience of ordinary people. It focuses on the complex and changing cultural patterns in Hong Kong's relationship with the neighbouring mainland. From interviews, TV dramas, media representations and other sources, the book traces the fading of Hong Kong's once-influential position as a role model for less-developed Mainland cities and explores changing perceptions as China grows in confidence. The first part examines the history of cross-border relations and movements from the 1970s, focusing on Hong ... More
This book is a study of consumer desire and cultural production in China through the lived experience of ordinary people. It focuses on the complex and changing cultural patterns in Hong Kong's relationship with the neighbouring mainland. From interviews, TV dramas, media representations and other sources, the book traces the fading of Hong Kong's once-influential position as a role model for less-developed Mainland cities and explores changing perceptions as China grows in confidence. The first part examines the history of cross-border relations and movements from the 1970s, focusing on Hong Kong as an object of desire for people in South China. The second part moves to the turn of the century when, despite increased communications and a ‘disappearing border’, Hong Kong is no longer a powerful role model; it nevertheless continues to be an important link in the chain of global capitalism stretching across southern China.
Keywords:
South China,
Hong Kong,
consumer desire,
cultural consumption,
media representations,
border,
lived experience,
TV,
cities,
global capitalism
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2011 |
Print ISBN-13: 9789888083459 |
| Published to Hong Kong Scholarship Online: May 2012 |
DOI:10.5790/hongkong/9789888083459.001.0001 |
