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EASIA 359

Culture and Identity in Hong Kong

3 units

Winter 2025

Topics

  • Hong Kong identity
  • Outsider perspectives
  • Home and belonging
  • Hong Kong cinema
  • Cantonese cinema
  • Crime and punishment
  • Contested belonging
  • Urban imaginaries

Readings

  • Fung, Pik-Shuen. Ghost Forest.
    required
  • Tse, Dorothy. Owlish.
    required
  • Wang Tao. “My Sojourn in Hong Kong” (excerpts).
    required
  • Lu Xun. “On Hong Kong.”
    required
  • Eileen Chang. “Aloeswood Incense: First Brazier.”
    required
  • Xu Xu. “When Ah Heung Came to Gousing Road.”
    required
  • Liu Yichang. “Intersection.”
    required
  • Come Drink with Me. Directed by King Hu.
    required
  • Hong Kong Nocturne. Chu Yuan.
    required
  • The Private Eyes.
    required
  • The Big Boss. Directed by Lo Wei.
    required
  • Police Story. Directed by Jackie Chan.
    required
  • PTU. Directed by Johnnie To.
    required
  • Made in Hong Kong.
    required
  • Boat People.
    required
  • Sunday Beauty Queen.
    required
  • At a Moment’s Notice.
    required
  • An Autumn’s Tale.
    required
  • Leung Lee-chi. “Empty Rooms.”
    required
  • Hsi Hsi. Fertile Town.
    required
  • Blue Island.
    required
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