• How do you define the Heunggongyan identity? Who are Heunggongyan and who aren't?
• How is the Heunggongyan identity formed and shaped by popular culture during the course of history?

In-class Activities:

Ask your parents and/or grandparents about their views on HK identity. Compare and share their views as well as yours in class. / Bring an object (E.g. BNO, different versions of the Monopoly game, "red, white, blue" bag…)that you regard as a signifier of your identity as a Heunggongyan. Share your view in class.

Required Readings :

Mathews, Gordon. (2003). Heunggongyahn: On the past, present, and future of Hong Kong identity. In N. Pun & L-M. Yee (eds.), Narrating Hong Kong Culture and Identity (pp.51-72). Hong Kong: Oxford University Press.

Yeung, W. (2007, March 2). Hong Kong vernacular. HK Magazine, 6-12.

Further Readings:

Chan, Hoi Man (1994) "Culture and identity" in D. McMillen and Man S.W. (eds) The Other Hong Kong
Report 1994. Hong Kong: the Chinese University Press. pp.443-468.

Lee, M.K. (1998) "Hong Kong identity - Past and present" in Wong, S.L. and T. Maruya (eds) Hong Kong:
Economy and Society. Hong Kong: Center of Asian Studies, University of Hong Kong, pp.153-175.

Lo, Kwai Cheung (2005) Chinese Face/Off: The Transnational Popular Culture of Hong Kong. Urbana and
Hong Kong: University of Illinois Press. Pp.106-126.

Ma, Eric (2000) "Media, cultural identity and the state: the case of Hong Kong" in James Curran (ed) Media organization in Society. London: Arnold. pp.255-272.

Mathews, Gordon. (2000) Global Culture/ Individual Identity: Searching for Home in the Cultural Supermarket. London: Routledge. ch.5.

Mathews, Gordon. (2001). Cultural identity and consumption in post-colonial Hong Kong. In G. Mathews & T-L. Lui (eds.), Consuming Hong Kong (pp.287-318). HK: Hong Kong University Press.

Ng, Chun.Hung. (2003) 「普及媒介建構本土意識」in Study Guide for Reading Hong Kong Popular Cultures 1970-2000, chapter 6, at http://www.hku.hk/hkcsp/ccex.html. (in Chinese)

Siu, H. (1996) "Remade in Hong Kong: Weaving into the Chinese cultural tapestry" in Tao, Tao.Liu. and David. Faure (eds) Unity and Diversity: Local Cultures and Identities in China. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. pp.177-196.

Optional Readings:

余少華(2001) 「中港文化角力與融和」收在《樂在顛錯中》香港：牛津大學出版社，1-15頁。

吳俊雄 (1998) 「尋找香港本土意識」收在吳俊雄、張志偉〔編〕 (2002) 《閱讀香港普及文化-1970-2000》
香港：牛津大學出版社，86-95頁。

林原 (1996) 「港人治港，誰是港人？」收在吳俊雄、張志偉〔編〕 (2002) 《閱讀香港普及文化-1970-2000》 香港：牛津大學出版社，695-702頁。

馬傑偉（2005）「尚待書寫的市井團族主義 — 後九七香港文化版圖瞭望」（節錄） 香港、文化、研究》
香港： 香港大學出版社 （將出版）。

陳清僑〔編〕〔1997〕《身份認同與公共文化》香港：牛津大學出版社。

Online Resources:

Ng, Chun.Hung. (2003) 「普及媒介建構本土意識」in Study Guide for Reading Hong Kong Popular Cultures 1970-2000, chapter 6, at http://www.hku.hk/hkcsp/ccex.html. (in Chinese)