Hong Kong Pop Culture in the 1980s

Yiu-Wai Chu is Inaugural Professor and Director of Hong Kong Studies Programme at The University of Hong Kong, and Fellow of the Hong Kong Academy of Humanities. His research interests focus on postcolonialism, globalization and Hong Kong culture. His recent English monographs include Main Melody Films: Hong Kong Directors in Mainland China (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2022), Found in Transition: Hong Kong Studies in the Age of China (Albany: SUNY Press, 2018), Hong Kong Cantopop: A Concise History (Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2017), and Lost in Transition: Hong Kong Culture in the Age of China (Albany: State University of New York Press, 2013). In recognition of his contribution to the promotion of Hong Kong culture and Cantopop, the South China Morning Post presented him the Spirit of Hong Kong Award (Culture) in 2019.

"Chu’s narrative underscores the 1980s as a 'golden era' for Hong Kong... The book offers a meaningful and insightful reflection on how this era shaped Hong Kong’s cultural identity."-Anthony Fung, The China Quarterly , issue 1, 2024

• Note on Romanization and Translation, Prologue: Horse Racing and Dancing as Usual, Introduction, Chapter 1 - Televising Pop: New Stars and Renewed Sensibilities, Chapter 2 - Golden Days of the Silver Screen: Cinematic Imagination in a Not Yet Fallen City, Chapter 3 - The Sound of Chinese Cool: Do You See the City Sing?, Chapter 4 - The Importance of Being Chic: Fashion, Branding, and Multimedia Stardom, Chapter 5 - The Practice of Everynight Life: Disco as Another Kind of Dance, Chapter 6 - (Un)Covering Cosmopolitan Hybridity: Every Great City Deserves a City Magazine, Epilogue: 'We'll Always Have Hong Kong', Select Bibliography, Glossary, Index.