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Negotiating Cold War and Postcolonial Politics: Borders and Boundaries in 1950s Hong Kong Cinema

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This chapter investigates the development of the Hong Kong Cantonese film industry during the 1950s in relation to the domestic rivalries between Nationalist and Communist regimes and the ideological conflicts of the Cold War. It argues that post–Second World War Hong Kong cinema, when examined through a historical lens, becomes a contested site of affective feelings and narratives, and offers a vantage point to reconstruct the lived experiences, albeit cinematic ones, of Hong Kong’s local communities since the late twentieth century.

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Chang, J.J. (2016). Negotiating Cold War and Postcolonial Politics: Borders and Boundaries in 1950s Hong Kong Cinema. In: Lee, JH., Kolluri, S. (eds) Hong Kong and Bollywood. Global Cinema. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-94932-8_8

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