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Made in Hong Kong Anthony Fung

Made in Hong Kong By Anthony Fung

Made in Hong Kong by Anthony Fung

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Made in Hong Kong: Studies in Popular Music serves as a comprehensive and thorough introduction to the history, sociology, and musicology of twentieth and twenty-first century popular music in Hong Kong. The volume consists of essays by leading scholars in the field.

Made in Hong Kong Summary

Made in Hong Kong: Studies in Popular Music by Anthony Fung

Made in Hong Kong: Studies in Popular Music serves as a comprehensive and thorough introduction to the history, sociology, and musicology of twentieth- and twenty-first century popular music in Hong Kong. The volume consists of essays by leading scholars in the field, and it covers the major figures, styles, and social contexts of popular music in Hong Kong. Each essay provides adequate context to allow readers to understand why the figure or genre under discussion is of lasting significance. The book is organized into four thematic sections: Cantopop, History and Legacy; Genres, Format, and Identity; Significant Artists; and Contemporary Cantopop.

About Anthony Fung

Anthony Fung is Professor in the School of Journalismand Communication, and Co-Director of the Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He also holds an appointment as Professor in the School of Arts and Communication at Beijing Normal University, China. Alice Chik is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Educational Studies and a core member of the Faculty of Human Sciences Multilingualism Research Centre at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Mainstreaming Hong Kong Popular Music

ANTHONY FUNG & ALICE CHIK

PART I: CANTOPOP, HISTORY, AND LEGACY

  2. Mapping sociopolitical and cultural changes through "The Daughters of Hong Kong:" From Anita Mui to Denise Ho

  3. VICKY HO & MIRANDA MA

  4. Once upon a time in Hong Kong Cantopop: 1984

  5. YIU-WAI CHU

  6. Pax Musica & Mnets: CantopopKpop convergences and inter-Asia cultural mobilities

  7. KAI KHIUN LIEW & MEICHENG SUN

  8. Voices shaped by the people and for the people: Cantopop and political crisis from the colonial to postcolonial era

  9. STELLA LAU & IVY MAN

    PART II: GENRES, FORMAT, AND IDENTITY

  10. The symbolism sound of Cantopop: Relistening to "The Fatal Irony" (1974)

  11. TING YIU WONG

  12. Rethinking Chineseness in the Cantopop of Sam Hui

  13. BRENDA CHAN

  14. Alternative music, language, and "Hong Kong" identity: The use of metaphor in English lyrics of Hong Kong independent music

  15. LOK MING ERIC CHEUNG

  16. Covers and "One Melody, Two Lyrics" Songs

  17. JOHNSON LEOW

    PART III: SIGNIFICANT ARTISTS

  18. Love songs from an island with blurred boundaries: Teresa Tengs anchoring and wandering in Hong Kong

  19. CHEN-CHING CHENG

  20. Remembering Hong Kong as a queer metaphor: Leslie Cheungs queer performativity and posthumous networked fandom

  21. HONG-CHI SHIAU

  22. Hong Kong is (no longer) my home: From Sam Hui to My Little Airport

  23. MILAN ISMANGIL

  24. MC Yan and his Cantonese conscious rap

  25. ANGEL M. Y. LIN

    PART IV: CONTEMPORARY CANTOPOP

  26. Snapshots of multilingualism in Hong Kong popular music

  27. PHIL BENSON & ALICE CHIK

  28. Our Little Twins Stars: Conglomerate-catalyzed cross-media stardom in the new millennium

  29. KLAVIER J. WANG & STEPHANIE NG

  30. Performing the political: Reflections on Tatming meeting George Orwell in 2017

  31. YIU FAI CHOW, JEROEN de KLOET & LEONIE SCHMIDT

  32. The politicization of music through nostalgic mediation: The memory in "Boundless Oceans, Vast Skies"

  33. JESSICA KONG & ANTHONY FUNG

    CODA

  34. The globo-regional and the local in Hong Kong popular music

C. J. W.-L. WEE

Afterword

Cantopop is always hybrid: A conversation with Serina Ha

Additional information

NPB9780367226978
9780367226978
0367226979
Made in Hong Kong: Studies in Popular Music by Anthony Fung
Anthony Fung
Routledge Global Popular Music Series
New
Hardback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
2020-04-20
224
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