Overview
- Analyzes the evolution of the rise and fall with a focus on cultural identity towards the latest developments in creative expression under China’s promised “one country, two systems” rhetoric, and the current state of cultural identity in the context of Hong Kong’s subsumption as one of China’s many cities
- Provides a comprehensive background for not only an understanding of Hong Kong’s cultural identity through these three under-investigated media, but also a transnational understanding of Hong Kong cultural identity within the East Asian region
- Utilizes Hong Kong as a case study to demonstrate the potential of these three media for a global understanding of our world visual cultures
Part of the book series: East Asian Popular Culture (EAPC)
Access this book
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Other ways to access
Table of contents (10 chapters)
-
Front Matter
-
Advertising: The Construction
-
Front Matter
-
-
Back Matter
Keywords
About this book
This book examines Hong Kong’s struggle against the disappearance of its unique identity under the historical challenges of colonialism, in addition to the more recent reimposition of Chinese authoritarian government control, as reflected in three under-researched forms of visual media: comics, advertising and graphic design. Each section of the book focuses on one of these three forms, and each chapter focuses on one stage of Hong Kong’s changing cultural identity. The articulative position of this book is on studies of visual cultural history and media communication. Its case studies will broaden readers’ own cultural knowledge for a more international understanding. The Disappearance of Hong Kong in Comics, Advertising and Graphic Design advances the development of its three key subjects in terms of identity, communication and cultural politics, aiming to reach a wide range of multidisciplinary readers.
Reviews
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Wendy Siuyi Wong is Professor in the Department of Design at York University in Toronto, Canada. She has taught in Hong Kong, the United States and Australia, and has established an international reputation as an expert in Chinese graphic design history and Chinese comic art history.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Disappearance of Hong Kong in Comics, Advertising and Graphic Design
Authors: Wendy Siuyi Wong
Series Title: East Asian Popular Culture
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92096-2
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-92095-5Published: 03 November 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-06361-0Published: 09 February 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-92096-2Published: 23 October 2018
Series ISSN: 2634-5935
Series E-ISSN: 2634-5943
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 245
Number of Illustrations: 23 b/w illustrations, 25 illustrations in colour
Topics: Asian Culture, Popular Culture , Media and Communication, Graphic Design