Film and Constitutional Controversy: Visualizing Hong Kong Identity in the Age of 'One Country, Two Systems'

by Marco Wan

Book Overview

In modern-day Hong Kong, major constitutional controversies have caused people to demonstrate on the streets, immigrate to other countries, occupy major thoroughfares, and even engage in violence. These controversies have such great resonance because they put pressure on a cultural identity made possible by, and inseparable from, the 'One Country, Two Systems' framework. Hong Kong is also a city synonymous with film, ranging from commercial gangster...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108797768
• ISBN13: 9781108797764
• Release Date: February 2021
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.7" x 9.6"