Chinese Face/Off: The Transnational Popular Culture of Hong Kong

by Kwai-Cheung Lo

Jackie Chan's high-flying stunts, giant pandas, and even the unintentionally hilarious English subtitles that often accompany Hong Kong's films are among the many targets of Kwai-Cheung Lo's in-depth study of Hong Kong popular culture.

Drawing on current concepts of globalization as well as the theories of Jacques Lacan and Slavoj Zizek, Chinese Face/Off explores the way in which fantasy operates in relation to ethnic and national...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252072286
• ISBN13: 9780252072284
• Release Date: April 2005
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"