Film and Constitutional Controversy - Couverture souple

Wan, Marco

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1108797768 ISBN 13 : 9781108797764

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2021

Synopsis

In modern-day Hong Kong, major constitutional controversies have caused people to demonstrate on the streets, immigrate to other countries, occupy major thoroughfares, and even engage in violence. These controversies have such great resonance because they put pressure on a cultural identity made possible by, and inseparable from, the 'One Country, Two Systems' framework. Hong Kong is also a city synonymous with film, ranging from commercial gangster movies to the art cinema of Wong Kar-wai. This book argues that while the importance of constitutional controversies for the process of self-formation may not be readily discernible in court judgments and legislative enactments, it is registered in the diverse modes of expression found in Hong Kong cinema. It contends that film gives form to the ways in which Hong Kong identity is articulated, placed under stress, bolstered, and transformed in light of disputes about the nature and meaning of the city's constitutional documents.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Marco Wan is Associate Professor of Law and Director of the Law and Literary Studies Programme at the University of Hong Kong. He is trained in both legal and literary/cultural studies, and his research focuses on law and film, law and literature, and the ways in which perspectives from the humanities shed light on the legal regulation of gender and sexuality. His first book, Masculinity and the Trials of Modern Fiction (2017), was awarded the Penny Pether Prize from the Law, Literature, and Humanities Association of Australasia. He is Managing Editor of Law and Literature.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1108797768
• ISBN 13: 9781108797764
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 192
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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