Date on Master's Thesis/Doctoral Dissertation
8-2009
Document Type
Doctoral Dissertation
Degree Name
Ph. D.
Department
Humanities
Committee Chair
Allen, Annette C.
Author's Keywords
Hong Kong; China; Cultural identity; 1997 handover; Chan; Jackie; Hollywood
Subject
Cheng, Long, 1954-; Hong Kong--In motion pictures
Abstract
In the 1990s, especially the years before and after Hong Kong's return to the People's Republic of China in 1997, some celebrated and talented Hong Kong film stars, such as Jackie Chan, Yun-Fat Chow and Michelle Yeoh, sought their career success in the Western world, especially in Hollywood. By studying Jackie Chan's representative films produced in Hong Kong and in Hollywood before and after 1997, the author explores how Hong Kong's cultural identity is portrayed in his films produced in the Western world and in a city with a legacy of over a century of colonization. Moreover, the author also tries to explore whether or not the portrayal of Hong Kong's cultural identity in those films is influenced by historical and political factors, such as the handover in 1997, and other social, economic and cultural factors through analyses of the news articles published by a Hong Kong media organization, popular songs, films with other Hong Kong stars in leading roles and some relevant scholarly works produced around the year of the hand over of Hong Kong from Britain to mainland China.
Recommended Citation
Ding, Yajuan 1969-, "Hong Kong's cultural identity reflected in Jackie Chan's films." (2009). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Paper 352.
https://doi.org/10.18297/etd/352
