Hong Kong Pop Culture in the 1980s: A Decade of Splendour

by Yiu-Wai Chu

This book deals with the 1980s - the "golden decade" of Hong Kong pop culture - in which a cosmopolitan lifestyle of pop and chic emerged in the city. Bookended by two major historical incidents, the 1980s will probably enter the annals of Hong Kong history as the decade that defined its future after reversion to Mainland China. Having witnessed and experienced the rise of Hong Kong pop culture to unprecedented heights in this decade, the author enhances...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 946372866X
• ISBN13: 9789463728669
• Release Date: October 2023
• Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
• Length: 304 Pages