Kenneth Chan
Biographic Data
| ID | 3675469 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kenneth Chan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kenneth |
| FAMILY NAME | Chan |
| SIGNATURE | CHAN K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Hong Kong Baptist University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2945-1182 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 56 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
The Penchant for Technology in Non‐Democratic Elections
To complement the emergent inquiry into the threats and opportunities that new technologies pose to political institutions and behavior, this study draws on the emergent scholarly literature on Digital Authoritarianism to shed light on the factors leading to Hong Kong's newly acquired penchant for adopting the digital and information technologies to bring about effective social control in general and the adoption of such tools throughout the cour…
East Asian Film Remakes
The relevance of the open society to Hong Kong’s fight against moral and institutional decay
The situation in Hong Kong today is not dissimilar to the moral predicaments that Central and Eastern Europe had endured during the Communist era. Then, as now, state oppression and intimidation aim not only at generating a pervasive sense of learned helplessness in society but also incentivising political opportunism. This paper begins with a thorough examination of the relevance of the open society against the background of the regime’s all-out…
Sino-Enchantment
Although Chinese film audiences, including those in the PRC, Taiwan and Hong Kong, have always maintained a foundational cultural interest in the fantastic, this trend has dramatically increased over the last decade. Sino-Enchantment is the first work in English to approach this recent explosion of fantastic films in Chinese cinemas, where each re-envisioning of the form is determined by cultural, economic, political and technological factors to …
Sino-Enchantment
Approaches the recent resurgence of the fantastic in Chinese cinemas Offers the framework of ‘Sino-enchantment’ as a new theoretical lens through which readers can engage elements of the fantastic in Chinese cinema Addresses the increasing prominence of fantastic narratives, imagery and styles in Chinese films Interested not simply in CGI effects, but as much in the ideological, aesthetic and ethical ramifications of the fantastic in contemporary…
Tsui Hark’s Detective Dee Films
Through a close analysis of Hong Kong director Tsui Hark’s Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame (2010), this chapter argues that the film’s successful appeal to local and global Chinese audiences is based on a conservative reading of the familiar cultural trope of modernity versus tradition, as mirrored in the supposed tensions between the police procedural and the horror/supernatural elements in the wuxia shenguai genre. These tens…
Academics and competing interests in H1N1 influenza media reporting
BACKGROUND: Concerns have been raised over competing interests (CoI) among academics during the 2009 to 2010 A/H1N1 pandemic. Media reporting can influence public anxiety and demand for pharmaceutical products. We assessed CoI of academics providing media commentary during the early stages of the pandemic. METHODS: We performed a retrospective content analysis of UK newspaper articles on A/H1N1 influenza, examining quoted sources. We noted when a…
Tactics of Tears
Kenneth Chan is an assistant professor of film and cultural studies with the Division of English, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He has a book forthcoming about the contemporary Chinese presence in Hollywood
Gay Sexuality in Singaporean Chinese Popular Culture
In offering a selective survey of gay sexuality in Singaporean Chinese popular culture, particularly television, film, and theater, this article examines how the notion of the liminal functions as an effective critical trope to engage with a shifting presence/absence materiality of gayness in these representations. It also argues that this presence/absence is a consequence of the concentrically circular hierarchy of cultural production and consum…
Community Attitudes Towards Discriminatory Practice Against People with Severe Mental Illness in Hong Kong
Background: The existing literature on community attitudes towards people with severe mental illness (SMI) tends to be rather general and impressionistic, with apparently conflicting findings which have yet to be adequately understood. Aims: This article undertakes to examine the community's level of tolerance towards discriminatory practice against people with SMI in three domains: family relations, employment and health care. Methods: Structure…
The Politics of Citizenship Formation
Constructing Relations with Hong Kong under 'One Country, Two Systems'. Prospects for the European Union
In Hong Kong as elsewhere, the European Union (EU) is known more for its collective economic and trade powers than its political clout. Since autumn 2005, the Office of the European Commission in Hong Kong and Macao has steadily stepped up its efforts to disseminate information about the EU. It has also begun to reach out to the local community, while retaining its traditional ties with the elite circles. This study examines the image of the EU a…
Rice Sticking Together
Rice Sticking Together:Cultural Nationalist Logic and the Cinematic Representations of Gay Asian-Caucasian Relationships and Desire Kenneth Chan (bio) Interracial relationships often raise a complex set of cultural issues, and gay versions of these relationships are no exception. Any attempt to discuss the question of gay Asian-Caucasian interracial relationships, particularly within gay Asian and Asian diasporic communities, will produce a polar…
Cross-Dress for Success
Kenneth Chan, Cross-Dress for Success: Performing Ivan Heng and Chowee Leow's "An Occasional Orchid" and Stella Kon's "Emily of Emerald Hill" on the Singapore Stage, Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature, Vol. 23, No. 1, Where in the World Is Transnational Feminism? (Spring, 2004), pp. 29-43
Appendix
The Global Return of the Wu Xia Pian (Chinese Sword-Fighting Movie)
In examining the way Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon grapples with cultural identity and Chineseness, this essay considers Lee's construction of an image of "China" in the film, as well as its feminist possibilities. These readings reveal Lee's conflicted critique of traditional Chinese cultural centrism and patriarchal hegemony
Idealism versus realism in institutional choice
One of the most significant, yet not fully explained, institutional decisions in post‐Communist Europe was Poland's adoption of a moderate proportional representation system for the 1993 general election. This article argues that the new electoral system was not entirely based on any normative notion of democratic governance, and that the adoption did not immediately follow from the assumptions of rational choice theory. The 1993 electoral system…
Structuralism versus Intentionalism in Post-Communist Party System Evolution
In challenging the notion that Polish parties completely failed to contribute to the consolidation of the country's new democracy, this Research Note develops a line of analysis synthesizing historically created structures and legacies, aspects of social and political change, institutional developments and contingent choices. The author contends that, a decidedly inauspicious environment notwithstanding, Polish party leaders have indeed developed…
The Construction of Black Male Identity in Black Action Films of the Nineties
Film critics have often identified the trends of African American films as appearing in alternating waves of prolific and sudden dearth. Melvin Van Peebles's Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971) marks the beginning of a cornucopia of Blaxploitation films from both black and white filmmakers. A sudden scarcity of black films followed the end of Blaxploitation in the early eighties. Only late in the decade did films by directors such as Spike L…
The Hong Kong School Curriculum and the Political Transition
This paper points out that political transition of Hong Kong to Chinese sovereignty has significant influence on the intended curriculum. The three case studies of variations in civic education, social studies, and liberal studies as reported in the paper show the influence of political changes
Poland at the crossroads
The Hong Kong School Curriculum and the Political Transition
This paper points out that political transition of Hong Kong to Chinese sovereignty has significant influence on the intended curriculum. The three case studies of variations in civic education, social studies, and liberal studies as reported in the paper show the influence of political changes
The Global Return of the Wu Xia Pian (Chinese Sword-Fighting Movie)
In examining the way Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon grapples with cultural identity and Chineseness, this essay considers Lee's construction of an image of "China" in the film, as well as its feminist possibilities. These readings reveal Lee's conflicted critique of traditional Chinese cultural centrism and patriarchal hegemony
Structuralism versus Intentionalism in Post-Communist Party System Evolution
In challenging the notion that Polish parties completely failed to contribute to the consolidation of the country's new democracy, this Research Note develops a line of analysis synthesizing historically created structures and legacies, aspects of social and political change, institutional developments and contingent choices. The author contends that, a decidedly inauspicious environment notwithstanding, Polish party leaders have indeed developed…
The Construction of Black Male Identity in Black Action Films of the Nineties
Film critics have often identified the trends of African American films as appearing in alternating waves of prolific and sudden dearth. Melvin Van Peebles's Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971) marks the beginning of a cornucopia of Blaxploitation films from both black and white filmmakers. A sudden scarcity of black films followed the end of Blaxploitation in the early eighties. Only late in the decade did films by directors such as Spike L…
Poland at the crossroads
Idealism versus realism in institutional choice
One of the most significant, yet not fully explained, institutional decisions in post‐Communist Europe was Poland's adoption of a moderate proportional representation system for the 1993 general election. This article argues that the new electoral system was not entirely based on any normative notion of democratic governance, and that the adoption did not immediately follow from the assumptions of rational choice theory. The 1993 electoral system…
Gay Sexuality in Singaporean Chinese Popular Culture
In offering a selective survey of gay sexuality in Singaporean Chinese popular culture, particularly television, film, and theater, this article examines how the notion of the liminal functions as an effective critical trope to engage with a shifting presence/absence materiality of gayness in these representations. It also argues that this presence/absence is a consequence of the concentrically circular hierarchy of cultural production and consum…
The Politics of Citizenship Formation
Tactics of Tears
Kenneth Chan is an assistant professor of film and cultural studies with the Division of English, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He has a book forthcoming about the contemporary Chinese presence in Hollywood
Poland at the crossroads
The Hong Kong School Curriculum and the Political Transition
This paper points out that political transition of Hong Kong to Chinese sovereignty has significant influence on the intended curriculum. The three case studies of variations in civic education, social studies, and liberal studies as reported in the paper show the influence of political changes
The Construction of Black Male Identity in Black Action Films of the Nineties
Film critics have often identified the trends of African American films as appearing in alternating waves of prolific and sudden dearth. Melvin Van Peebles's Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971) marks the beginning of a cornucopia of Blaxploitation films from both black and white filmmakers. A sudden scarcity of black films followed the end of Blaxploitation in the early eighties. Only late in the decade did films by directors such as Spike L…
Idealism versus realism in institutional choice
One of the most significant, yet not fully explained, institutional decisions in post‐Communist Europe was Poland's adoption of a moderate proportional representation system for the 1993 general election. This article argues that the new electoral system was not entirely based on any normative notion of democratic governance, and that the adoption did not immediately follow from the assumptions of rational choice theory. The 1993 electoral system…
Structuralism versus Intentionalism in Post-Communist Party System Evolution
In challenging the notion that Polish parties completely failed to contribute to the consolidation of the country's new democracy, this Research Note develops a line of analysis synthesizing historically created structures and legacies, aspects of social and political change, institutional developments and contingent choices. The author contends that, a decidedly inauspicious environment notwithstanding, Polish party leaders have indeed developed…
Cross-Dress for Success
Kenneth Chan, Cross-Dress for Success: Performing Ivan Heng and Chowee Leow's "An Occasional Orchid" and Stella Kon's "Emily of Emerald Hill" on the Singapore Stage, Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature, Vol. 23, No. 1, Where in the World Is Transnational Feminism? (Spring, 2004), pp. 29-43
Appendix
The Global Return of the Wu Xia Pian (Chinese Sword-Fighting Movie)
In examining the way Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon grapples with cultural identity and Chineseness, this essay considers Lee's construction of an image of "China" in the film, as well as its feminist possibilities. These readings reveal Lee's conflicted critique of traditional Chinese cultural centrism and patriarchal hegemony
Rice Sticking Together
Rice Sticking Together:Cultural Nationalist Logic and the Cinematic Representations of Gay Asian-Caucasian Relationships and Desire Kenneth Chan (bio) Interracial relationships often raise a complex set of cultural issues, and gay versions of these relationships are no exception. Any attempt to discuss the question of gay Asian-Caucasian interracial relationships, particularly within gay Asian and Asian diasporic communities, will produce a polar…
Community Attitudes Towards Discriminatory Practice Against People with Severe Mental Illness in Hong Kong
Background: The existing literature on community attitudes towards people with severe mental illness (SMI) tends to be rather general and impressionistic, with apparently conflicting findings which have yet to be adequately understood. Aims: This article undertakes to examine the community's level of tolerance towards discriminatory practice against people with SMI in three domains: family relations, employment and health care. Methods: Structure…
The Politics of Citizenship Formation
Constructing Relations with Hong Kong under 'One Country, Two Systems'. Prospects for the European Union
In Hong Kong as elsewhere, the European Union (EU) is known more for its collective economic and trade powers than its political clout. Since autumn 2005, the Office of the European Commission in Hong Kong and Macao has steadily stepped up its efforts to disseminate information about the EU. It has also begun to reach out to the local community, while retaining its traditional ties with the elite circles. This study examines the image of the EU a…
Tactics of Tears
Kenneth Chan is an assistant professor of film and cultural studies with the Division of English, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He has a book forthcoming about the contemporary Chinese presence in Hollywood
Gay Sexuality in Singaporean Chinese Popular Culture
In offering a selective survey of gay sexuality in Singaporean Chinese popular culture, particularly television, film, and theater, this article examines how the notion of the liminal functions as an effective critical trope to engage with a shifting presence/absence materiality of gayness in these representations. It also argues that this presence/absence is a consequence of the concentrically circular hierarchy of cultural production and consum…
Academics and competing interests in H1N1 influenza media reporting
BACKGROUND: Concerns have been raised over competing interests (CoI) among academics during the 2009 to 2010 A/H1N1 pandemic. Media reporting can influence public anxiety and demand for pharmaceutical products. We assessed CoI of academics providing media commentary during the early stages of the pandemic. METHODS: We performed a retrospective content analysis of UK newspaper articles on A/H1N1 influenza, examining quoted sources. We noted when a…
Tsui Hark’s Detective Dee Films
Through a close analysis of Hong Kong director Tsui Hark’s Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame (2010), this chapter argues that the film’s successful appeal to local and global Chinese audiences is based on a conservative reading of the familiar cultural trope of modernity versus tradition, as mirrored in the supposed tensions between the police procedural and the horror/supernatural elements in the wuxia shenguai genre. These tens…
Sino-Enchantment
Although Chinese film audiences, including those in the PRC, Taiwan and Hong Kong, have always maintained a foundational cultural interest in the fantastic, this trend has dramatically increased over the last decade. Sino-Enchantment is the first work in English to approach this recent explosion of fantastic films in Chinese cinemas, where each re-envisioning of the form is determined by cultural, economic, political and technological factors to …
Sino-Enchantment
Approaches the recent resurgence of the fantastic in Chinese cinemas Offers the framework of ‘Sino-enchantment’ as a new theoretical lens through which readers can engage elements of the fantastic in Chinese cinema Addresses the increasing prominence of fantastic narratives, imagery and styles in Chinese films Interested not simply in CGI effects, but as much in the ideological, aesthetic and ethical ramifications of the fantastic in contemporary…
The relevance of the open society to Hong Kong’s fight against moral and institutional decay
The situation in Hong Kong today is not dissimilar to the moral predicaments that Central and Eastern Europe had endured during the Communist era. Then, as now, state oppression and intimidation aim not only at generating a pervasive sense of learned helplessness in society but also incentivising political opportunism. This paper begins with a thorough examination of the relevance of the open society against the background of the regime’s all-out…
East Asian Film Remakes
The Penchant for Technology in Non‐Democratic Elections
To complement the emergent inquiry into the threats and opportunities that new technologies pose to political institutions and behavior, this study draws on the emergent scholarly literature on Digital Authoritarianism to shed light on the factors leading to Hong Kong's newly acquired penchant for adopting the digital and information technologies to bring about effective social control in general and the adoption of such tools throughout the cour…
Political science (14 works) · Politics (13 works) · Law (12 works) · Sociology (11 works) · Art (10 works) · Law (10 works) · Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics (8 works) · Aesthetics (7 works) · Asian Culture and Media Studies (7 works) · History (5 works)