Organic and Inorganic Chinas
Desire and Fatigue in Global Hong Kong
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10890800 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christopher B Patterson (0000-0002-3094-8498, University of British Columbia, corresponding author), Y-Dang Troeung (University of British Columbia), Y‐dang Troeung (0000-0002-2864-7215, University of British Columbia) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 280-298 |
| Publication date | 2019-09-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Amerasia Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0044-7471 • E-ISSN: 2642-0228 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00447471.2019.1708681 |
| OpenAlex | W3003828189 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Cold War discourses reconceived of Chinese cultures as two Chinas, one of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), and the other of the “other China” (Taiwan), or “Greater China” (Hong Kong, Singapore). Today, this discourse has extended to reimagine Chineseness as either “inorganic” (signifying one-party rule and social engineering) or as “organic” (signifying colonial hybridity and laissez-faire capitalism). We explore three texts about Hong Kong—the film Chinese Box (1997) and the video games Sleeping Dogs (2012) and Shenmue II (2001)—to ask how the inorganic/organic binary reveals the desires for globality that construct both Chinas as competing global entities
Capitalism · China · Colonialism · Construct (python library · Globality · Globalization · Hybridity · Neocolonialism · Political science · Sociology · Anthropology · Gender Studies · Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics · Law
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |