Hong Kong's New Identity Politics: Longing for the Local in the Shadow of China / Edition 1

by Iam-chong Ip

Overview

Ip uses Hong Kong as a case study in how the production of the desire for "the local" lies at the heart of global cultural economy.

Perhaps more so than most places, the construction of a local identity in Hong Kong has come about through a complex interplay of neoliberalism, postcoloniality and reaction to the consequent anxieties and uncertainties. As its importance as an economic centre has diminished and its relationship with Mainland China has become more strained, its people have become more concerned to define a "Hong Kong" identity that can be defended from external threat. Ip analyses the working and reworking of power relations and modes of agency in this global city.

A must read for scholars of Hong Kong politics and society as well as a fascinating case study for scholars of identity politics as a global phenomenon.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367410544
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/05/2019
Series:	Routledge Contemporary China Series
Pages:	172
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Iam-chong Ip is Assistant Professor and Associate Head of Cultural Studies at Lingnan Unversity, Hong Kong

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements 1. Chapter 1. Introduction 2. Chapter 2. The Fall of the Hong Kong Myth 3. Chapter 3. The City of jiyu/geijyu: Refashioning a Neoliberal Subject 4. Chapter 4. Ethnocracy: A Study of the Campaigns against Mainland Chinese Visitors 5. Chapter 5. Defending the City: Nativism and Political Existentialism 6. Chapter 6. Neoliberal Populism: Ethnicization of Right-wing Economics 7. Chapter 7. Poised between Two Times: Young men, Temporality, and Identity Politics 8. Chapter 8. “Hong Kong is not a dream”: Disengagement, Translocality, and gangpiao 9. Epilogue: Will to Power References Index