The Postmodernist Search for Purpose with Hong Kong Cinema
Location
Library 3152
Event Type
Presentation
Start Date
11-5-2026 5:00 PM
End Date
11-5-2026 6:00 PM
Description
A postmodernist exploration of national identity emerged in many films from Hong Kong’s cinematic golden age. Leading up to the 1997 Handover—Hong Kong’s administrative return to China after roughly 150 years of British rule—much of their cinema challenged various narratives defining what their identity supposedly was and/or should have been.
Faculty Sponsor: Professor Gianni Barchiesi
The Postmodernist Search for Purpose with Hong Kong Cinema
Library 3152
A postmodernist exploration of national identity emerged in many films from Hong Kong’s cinematic golden age. Leading up to the 1997 Handover—Hong Kong’s administrative return to China after roughly 150 years of British rule—much of their cinema challenged various narratives defining what their identity supposedly was and/or should have been.
Faculty Sponsor: Professor Gianni Barchiesi
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