Monsters within Hong Kong's 'cesspool of iniquity
Kowloon Walled City and Temutma (1998)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2179486 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Calvin Fung |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 57 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 856-867 |
| Publication date | 2021-11-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Postcolonial Writing (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1744-9855 • E-ISSN: 1744-9863 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17449855.2021.1961843 |
| OpenAlex | W3195222575 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 11 |
In recent decades, there has been increased critical interest in postcolonial Gothic literature, as well as in political tensions in Hong Kong. This article investigates Hong Kong as a Gothic locale, and how the anxieties surrounding Hong Kong’s 1997 turnover of sovereignty can be studied through literary-critical investigation of the Gothic genre. It argues that there is an inherent Gothicity to the now demolished Kowloon Walled City because of its situation at the interface of Sino-British relations. The article takes as its case study Rebecca Bradley and Stewart Sloan’s Temutma (1998), a Gothic novel whose representation of Kowloon Walled City explores concerns about Hong Kong’s uncertain future in the lead-up to the 1997 turnover. The eponymous monster antagonist of the novel is read as a culturally ambiguous manifestation and personification of the fears of social upheaval leading up to the turnover and Hong Kong’s contractual reunification with China
Archaeology · Art history · Calais · China · Monster · Political science · Politics · Representation (politics · Sociology · Sovereignty · Crime and Detective Fiction Studies · Gothic Literature and Media Analysis · Literature, Magical Realism, García Márquez · History · Law
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,67 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2025 (3) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |