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Book contents
- Film and Constitutional Controversy
- Law in Context
- Film and Constitutional Controversy
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Love in a Time of Transition:
- 2 Laughing at the Law:
- 3 Women’s Rights and Censorship:
- 4 The Common Law after 1997:
- 5 A Matter of National Security:
- 6 Choosing the Leader:
- 7 Scenes from a Traumatic Event:
- Coda:
- Bibliography
- Filmography
- Index
Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 February 2021
- Film and Constitutional Controversy
- Law in Context
- Film and Constitutional Controversy
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Love in a Time of Transition:
- 2 Laughing at the Law:
- 3 Women’s Rights and Censorship:
- 4 The Common Law after 1997:
- 5 A Matter of National Security:
- 6 Choosing the Leader:
- 7 Scenes from a Traumatic Event:
- Coda:
- Bibliography
- Filmography
- Index
Summary
The Introduction posits that Hong Kong cultural identity is intertwined with law, and traces the historical development of how this came to be so. Drawing on the notion of the politics of disappearance by cultural theorist Ackbar Abbas, it argues that the major constitutional controversies in the city threaten, or are perceived to threaten, this sense of selfhood. It further argues that through its diverse modes of representation, film provides a forum for the visual expression of identity, and registers the ways in which it reacts to these controversies.
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- Film and Constitutional ControversyVisualizing Hong Kong Identity in the Age of 'One Country, Two Systems', pp. 1 - 25Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021