Made in Hong Kong

Anthony Fung is Professor in the School of Journalism and Communication, and Co-Director of the Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He also holds an appointment as Professor in the School of Arts and Communication at Beijing Normal University, China. Alice Chik is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Educational Studies and a core member of the Faculty of Human Sciences Multilingualism Research Centre at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia.

Introduction

Mainstreaming Hong Kong Popular Music

ANTHONY FUNG & ALICE CHIK

PART I: CANTOPOP, HISTORY, AND LEGACY






Mapping sociopolitical and cultural changes through "The Daughters of Hong Kong:" From Anita Mui to Denise Ho
VICKY HO & MIRANDA MA




Once upon a time in Hong Kong Cantopop: 1984
YIU-WAI CHU




Pax Musica & Mnets: Cantopop–Kpop convergences and inter-Asia cultural mobilities
KAI KHIUN LIEW & MEICHENG SUN




Voices shaped by the people and for the people: Cantopop and political crisis from the colonial to postcolonial era
STELLA LAU & IVY MAN



PART II: GENRES, FORMAT, AND IDENTITY




The symbolism sound of Cantopop: Relistening to "The Fatal Irony" (1974)
TING YIU WONG




Rethinking Chineseness in the Cantopop of Sam Hui
BRENDA CHAN




Alternative music, language, and "Hong Kong" identity: The use of metaphor in English lyrics of Hong Kong independent music
LOK MING ERIC CHEUNG




Covers and "One Melody, Two Lyrics" Songs
JOHNSON LEOW



PART III: SIGNIFICANT ARTISTS






Love songs from an island with blurred boundaries: Teresa Teng’s anchoring and wandering in Hong Kong
CHEN-CHING CHENG




Remembering Hong Kong as a queer metaphor: Leslie Cheung’s queer performativity and posthumous networked fandom
HONG-CHI SHIAU




Hong Kong is (no longer) my home: From Sam Hui to My Little Airport
MILAN ISMANGIL




MC Yan and his Cantonese conscious rap
ANGEL M. Y. LIN



PART IV: CONTEMPORARY CANTOPOP




Snapshots of multilingualism in Hong Kong popular music
PHIL BENSON & ALICE CHIK




Our Little Twins Stars: Conglomerate-catalyzed cross-media stardom in the new millennium
KLAVIER J. WANG & STEPHANIE NG




Performing the political: Reflections on Tatming meeting George Orwell in 2017
YIU FAI CHOW, JEROEN de KLOET & LEONIE SCHMIDT




The politicization of music through nostalgic mediation: The memory in "Boundless Oceans, Vast Skies"
JESSICA KONG & ANTHONY FUNG



CODA




The globo-regional and the local in Hong Kong popular music

C. J. W.-L. WEE

Afterword

Cantopop is always hybrid: A conversation with Serina Ha