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1. Introduction : hybridity and the politics of desertion / Chan Kwok-bun and Chan Nin -- 2. The constitutive rift : Hong Kong and its politics of hybridity / Chan Nin and Chan Kwok-bun -- 3. Home but not home : four vignettes of return migrants in Hong Kong / Chan Wai-wan and Chan Kwok-bun -- 4. Blowing in the China wind : engagements with Chineseness in Hong Kong's Zhongguofeng music videos / Yiu Fai Chow and Jeroen de Kloet -- 5. Brand Hong Kong : Asia's world city as method? / Stephen Yiu-wai chu -- 6. Structural hybridization in film and television / Joseph M. Chan and Anthony Y.-H. Fung -- 7. Hybridization in the visual arts : now you see me, now you don't / Frank Vigneron -- 8. A museum of hybridity : the history of the display of art in the Public Museum of Hong Kong, and its implications for cultural identities / Eva Kit-Wah Man -- 9. From "made in Hong Kong" to "designed in Hong Kong" : searching for an identity in fashion / Wessie Ling -- 10. Danny Yung in search of hybrid matter and mind : his experimental Xiqu for Zuni Icosahedron / Jessica Yeung -- 11. Hybridity, empowerment and subversiveness in Cantopop electronic dance music / Matthew M. Chew -- 12. Hybridization and the emergence of "gay" identities in Hong Kong and in China / Day Wong -- 13. Traditionality and hybridity : a village cuisine in metropolitan Hong Kong / Chan Kwok Shing -- 14. Mix of medicines / Derrick Kit-Sing Au -- 15. Everyday hybridity and Hong Kong's Muslim youth / Paul O'Connor.

Based on a study using online ethnography as the major research method, this book explains why and how men in Hong Kong use QQan online instant messenger to chase women in mainland China, especially in the neighboring city of Shenzhen. Chasing women through QQ is a reciprocal exchange process during which the resources to be exchanged in the interaction are not negotiated. Rather, the men provide resources to the women, hoping for rewards in return that are not guaranteed. This characteristic of the exchange makes men who chase women through QQ very strategic in their action. They try to maximize the rewards and minimize the costs by adopting myriad strategies, such as constructing an attractive online identity by strategic self-presentation. The role of emotions in the exchange process is also examined. Men learn the emotional norms through the online forum, but sometimes it is difficult for them to control their emotions; some men fall in love when they are not supposed to. As it happens, they have failed to calculate the costs and rewards rationally in that they may provide too many resources to the women without getting enough rewards in return. This book provides original insights into the thought processes, motivations, desires, anxieties and risks of Hong Kong men seeking short-term sexual relations with women on the mainland. These insights are highly relevant to our understanding of the quickly evolving use of social media, a phenomenon of worldwide importance and deep implications.

Drawing upon data from field work in a refugee transit camp in Hong Kong, this article attempts to focus on one phase of the refugee experience often overlooked by refugee research scholars and governments charged with the task of refugee resettlement: the phase between flight from persecution and resettlement. The article examines the relationship between culture shock, conditions of life and culture in refugee transit camps, and the emotional and psychological life of the refugees. Implications of the study's data for refugee resettlement are also formulated.

Preliminary material /K. Chan , Walls and Hayward -- Introduction: Globalization, localization and hybridization: Their impact on our lives /Chan Kwok-Bun -- Chapter 1. Identity in the politics of transition: The case of Hong Kong, 'Asia's world city' /Michael E. Degolyer -- Chapter 2. Depoliticization, citizenship and the politics of community in Hong Kong /Lam Wai-Man -- Chapter 3. Globalization and hybridization in cultural production: A tale of two films /Georgette Wang and Emilie Yueh-Yu Yeh -- Chapter 4. Globalization and identity formation: A cross-cultural reading of Amy Tan's \'Sagwa, the chinese siamese cat\' /Lu Fang -- Chapter 5. Identity shifts as a consequence of crossing cultures: Hong Kong chinese migrants return home /Nan M. Sussman -- Chapter 6. Japan's 'Beckham fever': Marketing and consuming a global sport celebrity /Rie Ito -- Chapter 7. On the globalization of the self: Internet weblogs as an identity-forming activity /Oscar Bulaong Jr -- Chapter 8. Hybrid language and hybrid identity? The case of cantonese-english code-switching in Hong Kong /Brian Chan Hok-Shing -- Chapter 9. Changing heart (beats): From japanese identity and nostalgia to Taiko for citizens of the Earth /Millie Creighton -- Chapter 10. Learning Hong Kong's body: Beauties, beauty workers and their identities /Anthony Y.H. Fung -- Chapter 11. The impact of localization and globalization on popular music in the context of social change in Taiwan /Ho Wai-Chung -- Chapter 12. Building traditions for bridging differences: Islamic imaginary homelands of chinese-indonesian muslims in east Java /Chiou Syuan-Yuan -- Chapter 13. Pi's passport: Identity and the peculiar economics of popular culture /Chris Wood -- Chapter 14. The pacific rim consciousness of american writers on the West Coast /Chung Ling -- Chapter 15. Making Do And Making meaning: Cultural and technological hybridity in recent asian animation /Steve Fore -- Chapter 16. 'Globalizentity': Assessing the effects of 'global career' on national identity in Japan /T.J.M. Holden -- Chapter 17. Cyberpatriarchy: Chat rooms and the construction of 'man to man' relations in urban India /Ashley Tellis -- Chapter 18. Diverging media convergence: Perceptual differences across cultures,genders and habits /Jeffrey Wilkinson and Steven Mcclung -- Notes on contributors /K. Chan , Walls and Hayward -- Index /K. Chan , Walls and Hayward.

While the economic forces shaping globalization are powerful, they are not immutable, nor are their effects predictable or necessarily overwhelming. Globalization brings with it a fear, a sense of loss and demise. It also brings with it a new sense of opportunity and hope. This book covers this topic in this spirit.

The annual is a venue of publication for sociological studies of Chinese societies and the Chinese all over the world. The main focus is on social transformations in Hong Kong, Taiwan, the mainland, Singapore and Chinese overseas.