Posts Tagged ‘ Hong Kong ’

Bracketing Home: The Asian Century

Bracketing Home: The Asian Century

Given the complex realities of home and the persistent simplification in its imagination during what many have dubbed the "Asian Century," Yiu Fai Chow, Sonja van Wichelen, and Jeroen de Kloet want to bracket home just as we hyphenate identity.
Read more »

Tags: , , , , , ,
Posted in Columns, International Journal of Cultural Studies | Comments Off on Bracketing Home: The Asian Century

“Faces of Hong Kong”: My City? My Home?

“Faces of Hong Kong”: My City? My Home?

The Hong Kong government has been saying that local people have a strong sense of belonging in this so-called “Asia’s World City.” Believe it or not? A promotional video featuring an old district in Hong Kong will tell you more.
Read more »

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Posted in Columns, International Journal of Cultural Studies | Comments Off on “Faces of Hong Kong”: My City? My Home?

“Under the Vast Sky”: Cantopop Memories and Hong Kong’s Umbrella Movement

October 16, 2014
By
“Under the Vast Sky”: Cantopop Memories and Hong Kong’s Umbrella Movement

Against hegemonic memory-draining statist narratives and corporate projects, the Umbrella Movement is about remembering to struggle, and the struggle to remember.
Read more »

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , ,
Posted in Columns, International Journal of Cultural Studies | Comments Off on “Under the Vast Sky”: Cantopop Memories and Hong Kong’s Umbrella Movement