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Identity in Transition: Wong Kar-Wai and the Handover of Hong Kong
Lily Collinson, Independent Researcher

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​​Identity in Transition: Wong Kar-Wai and the Handover of Hong Kong

 

Collinson’s dissertation focuses on the exploration of Hong Kong's cultural identity in Wong Kar-wai's films, during, and prior to the 1997 handover from Britain to China. Within this text Collinson discusses themes of migratory movements, sexuality, gender and the intersectionality among these themes. These themes reflect on the dramatic changes in societal outlooks and cultural identity during the socio-political transition. Overviewing of key political, social, and economic moments from the Hong Kong Cinema movement. Her dissertation utilises the ideologies of Kimberle Crenshaw's intersectionality model and Xiying Wang's Chinese intersectionality model, in films such as Chungking Express (1995), Happy Together (1997) and In the Mood for Love (2000) through a feminist lens.

 

Read Time (Approx.): 32 minutes

​Lily Collinson

Independent Researcher 

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