Film and Constitutional Controversy
Visualizing Hong Kong Identity in the Age of 'One Country, Two Systems'
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Film and Constitutional Controversy
Visualizing Hong Kong Identity in the Age of 'One Country, Two Systems'
About This Book
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 movies to the art cinema of Wong Kar-wai. This book argues that while the importance of constitutional controversies for the process of self-formation may not be readily discernible in court judgments and legislative enactments, it is registered in the diverse modes of expression found in Hong Kong cinema. It contends that film gives form to the ways in which Hong Kong identity is articulated, placed under stress, bolstered, and transformed in light of disputes about the nature and meaning of the city's constitutional documents.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-title page
- Series page
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Love in a Time of Transition:: Ng See-yuenâs The Unwritten Law
- 2 Laughing at the Law:: Johnnie Toâs Justice, My Foot!
- 3 Womenâs Rights and Censorship:: Andrew Lauâs Raped by an Angel
- 4 The Common Law after 1997:: Joe Maâs Lawyer Lawyer
- 5 A Matter of National Security:: Tammy Cheungâs July
- 6 Choosing the Leader:: Chief Executive Elections and Hong Kong Gangster Films
- 7 Scenes from a Traumatic Event:: Documenting Occupy Central (with Observations on Cinema and the Anti-extradition Bill Protests)
- Coda: Wong Kar-waiâs 2046
- Bibliography
- Filmography
- Index