Whose Fatal ways: Mapping the boundary and consuming the other in border crossing films

Situated within the context of Hong Kong's postcoloniality, this essay will tackle the issues of cultural anxiety, identity formation, and internal Orientalism in border crossing films. Two major arguments will be elaborated. First, in addressing the issue of border crossing, Hong Kong cinema p...

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Published in:Asian journal of communication 2001-01, Vol.11 (2), p.39-57
Main Author: Chang, Li-Mei
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Borders
Cinema
Communication
Cultural Identity
Decolonization
Hong Kong
Identity formation
Identity Politics
Immigration
Mapping
Mass Media Images
National Identity
Orientalism
Peoples Republic of China
Postcolonial societies
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Summary:Situated within the context of Hong Kong's postcoloniality, this essay will tackle the issues of cultural anxiety, identity formation, and internal Orientalism in border crossing films. Two major arguments will be elaborated. First, in addressing the issue of border crossing, Hong Kong cinema participates in the public's desire and anxiety to define what Hong Kong is. Second, in the process of constructing a Hong Kong identity, Hong Kong cinema often draws the imagined boundary between national self and national other along the line of Hong Kong/male and mainland China/ female.
ISSN:0129-2986
1742-0911
DOI:10.1080/01292980109364803