Made in Hong Kong : Studies in Popular Music.

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of contents -- Figures -- Series Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Mainstreaming Hong Kong Popular Music -- References -- Part I Cantopop, History, and Legacy -- 1 Mapping Sociopolitical and Cultural Changes through "The Daughters of Hong Kong": From Anita Mui to Denise Hong Kong -- Anita Mui and Denise Ho as "Daughters of Hong Kong" -- Shifting Political Orientations: From Nationalism to Localism -- Shifting Social Values: From Developmentalism to Post-Materialism -- "Daughters of Hong Kong": Uncompromising in Changing Times -- References -- 2 Once upon a Time in Hong Kong Cantopop: 1984 -- A Significant Year -- Localization with Global Characteristics -- Cross-Media Synergies: New Discursive Spaces -- Cross-Cultural Hybridization: J-Pop and Others -- Starry, Starry Year -- We Still Believe … -- Notes -- References -- 3 Pax Musica and Mnets: Cantopop-Kpop Convergences and Inter-Asia Cultural Mobilities -- Introduction: Inter-Asia Cultural Mobilities -- Pop Culture Mobilities: From "Rise and Fall" to Shifting Centres -- Periodizing Cantpop-Kpop Convergences within "Changing Feng Shui" -- Cantopop's Pax-Musica-ing Seoul (1980s to 2003) -- From Cover Versions to Kpop-ish Productions (2003 to Present) -- Reply to a Better Tomorrow: Hallyu's Cantopop Nostalgia -- Conclusion: Convergent Cantopop-Kpop -- References -- 4 Voices Shaped by the People and for the People: Cantopop and Political Crisis from the Colonial to Postcolonial Era -- Political Crisis and Cantopop in Hong Kong -- The 1980s: Singing the Unpredictable Future -- Bauhinia -- The 1990s: Facing the Inevitable Return of Chinese Sovereignty -- Queen's Road East -- The 21st Century: Encountering Political Pressure after the Handover-the Umbrella Movement in 2014 -- Blossoms -- Holding up an Umbrella.

Cantopop and its Fate: The Voices of Hong Kong People -- Note -- References -- Part II Genres, Format, and Identity -- 5 The Symbolic Sound of Cantopop: Relistening to "The Fatal Irony" (1974) -- What is Cantopop? -- A Brief Literature Review of Cantopop Studies -- Sound Studies Approach to Cantopop Studies -- Musical Legacy of "Fatal Irony" -- Production of "The Fatal Irony" (1974) -- Cantopop as Hybrid Sound -- References -- 6 Rethinking Chineseness in the Cantopop of Sam Hui -- Sam Hui and the Rise of Cantopop -- "Chineseness" in Sam Hui's Songs: Three Examples -- Influence of Sam Hui on Songwriters from Singapore and Malaysia -- Revisiting the Legacy of Sam Hui -- Notes -- References -- 7 Alternative Music, Language, and "Hong Kong" Identity: The Use of Metaphor in the English Lyrics of Hong Kong Identity -- Examining Language Choice in Hong Kong English Songs: Beyond Linguistic Investigations -- The Language Question: In Search of Alternative Identities -- Metaphor: A Figurative Device, a Conceptual Tool and a Linguistic Construct -- Investigating the Use of Metaphors in Hong Kong English Independent Music Lyrics -- Exploring Local Musicians' Attitudes towards Writing English Lyrics -- Language Choice for Writing Lyrics -- Lyrical Choice and Audience -- Establishing Identit(ies) through Lyrics -- Conclusion and Future Directions for Investigating Hong Kong Independent Music -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 8 Covers and "One Melody, Two Lyrics" Songs -- A Note on Cover Songs and Intertextuality -- From Covers to "One Melody, Two Lyrics" Songs -- The "One Melody, Two Lyrics" Song -- Eason Chan's "One Melody, Two Lyrics" Songs -- Challenging the Cover Song -- Notes -- References -- Part III Significant Artists -- 9 Love Songs from an Island with Blurred Boundaries: Teresa Teng's Anchoring and Wandering in Hong Kong.

The Development of Teresa Teng's Music Career in Hong Kong -- The Nostalgia of the Chinese Diaspora -- The State of Return to a/the Hometown, Remembered in History -- References -- 10 Remembering Hong Kong as a Queer Metaphor: Leslie Cheung's Queer Performativity and Posthumous Networked Fandom -- Nostalgia: Cheung on Stage with Other "Authentic Hong Kongese" -- The Paratext of Leslie Cheung's "Floating" as Pan-Asian Struggle -- Global LGBT Chinese Diasporic Connections -- Conclusion -- Note -- References -- 11 Hong Kong is (No Longer) My Home: From Sam Hui to My Little Airport -- Whose Hong Kong? -- Sam Hui: Voicing Hong Kong -- Hong Kong Life: From Working Hard to a Nostalgic and Hopeful Hong Kong -- Hong Kong Cantopop Today: Living through a Changing Hong Kong -- Conclusion: Optimism over Despair -- References -- 12 MC Yan and his Cantonese Conscious Rap -- Introduction -- Cantonese Verbal Play in MC Yan's Raps: Cantonese Chou-Hau (Vulgar Mouth) and Its Emotional Energies -- Cantonese Slang Verbal Art in MC Yan's Hip-Hop Lyrics -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- References -- Part IV Contemporary Cantopop -- 13 Snapshots of Multilingualism in Hong Kong Popular Music -- Introduction -- Language Choice and Popular Music -- Language Shifts in Hong Kong Popular Music: 1920-1970 -- The Rise of Cantonese Opera -- Shi Dai Qu (...) -- English Pop -- The Rise of Cantopop -- Multilingualism in Contemporary Hong Kong Popular Music -- Conclusion -- References -- 14 Our Little Twins Stars: Conglomerate-Catalyzed Cross-Media Stardom in the New Millennium -- Introduction -- Stardom -- Cross-Media Stardom -- Conglomerated Cross-Media Stardom -- EEG and the Creation of Twins -- Girls Next Door -- Little Twins Stars and Little Fans -- Growing up with Twins -- The Twins Effect -- Live by Your Side -- Products for Puberty -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References.

15 Performing the Political: Reflections on Tatming Meeting George Orwell in 2017 -- Tatming, Popular Music, and Politics -- The Context -- The Contingent -- The Personal -- The Calibrational -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Acknowledgement -- References -- 16 The Politicization of Music through Nostalgic Mediation: The Memory in "Boundless Oceans, Vast Skies" -- "Boundless Oceans, Vast Skies" -- The Consumption of Nostalgia -- Nostalgic Consumption -- Nostalgic Mediation -- Always as Good as the Past? -- Nostalgic Mediation in Songs: Effective Functions in Collective Memory -- Concluding Remarks: Nostalgic Mediation-the Politicization of Music -- Notes -- References -- Coda -- 17 The Globo-Regional and the Local in Hong Kong Popular Music -- The Global, the Regional, and the Local -- Post-1997 Hong Kong, the National, and the Contemporary Region -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- References -- Afterword -- Cantopop Is Always Hybrid: A Conversation with Serina Ha -- Discography -- Contributors -- Index.

Made in Hong Kong: Studies in Popular Music serves as a comprehensive and thorough introduction to the history, sociology, and musicology of twentieth and twenty-first century popular music in Hong Kong. The volume consists of essays by leading scholars in the field.

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