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Cantopop, Chinese-Western comparative literature, Globalization, Hong Kong cinema, Hong Kong cultural studies, Postcolonialism

Biography

Prof. Chu received his Ph. D in Comparative Literature from Chinese University of Hong Kong and M.A. in Chinese Language and Literature from San Francisco State University.

His research fields are Hong Kong Popular Lyrics, Comparative Literary Criticism, Postcolonialism, Globalism, Chinese/Hong Kong Cultural Discourse, Law as/and Culture in (Post) colonial Hong Kong.

His latest publications include 《後九七香港流行歌詞研究》(A Study of Post-1997 Cantopop Lyrics) (co-authored with Leung Wai Sze) published by Hong Kong Enlighten & Fish 亮光文化, 《文化研究60詞》(60 Keywords in Cultural Studies) (co-authored with Anthony Chan and Leon Chu) published by Hong Kong Infolink匯智and 《詞家有道:香港16詞人訪談錄》 (The Way of the Hong Kong Lyricists) (co-authored with Wong Chi Wah and Leung Wai Sze) published by Hong Kong Infolink匯智. His latest academic writings include The Importance of Being Free: FuKin Music as Alternative Pop Music Production, in Inter-Asia Cultural Studies (March 2011) and Brand Hong Kong: Asias World City as Method? in Visual Anthropology (Jan 2011).

Activities

Works (34)

Book review: Yiu Fai Chow, Jeroen de Kloet and Leonie Schmidt, ‘It’s My Party’: Tat Ming and the Postcolonial Politics of Popular Music in Hong Kong

European Journal of Cultural Studies
2024-10-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Yiu-Wai Chu
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Hong Kong popular music education and its (dis)contents

Journal of Popular Music Education
2024-03-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Yiu-Wai Chu
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Hong Kong (in China) studies: Hong Kong popular culture as example

Global Media and China
2020-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Yiu-Wai Chu
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Introduction: Mediating borders: New boundaries for Hong Kong studies

Global Media and China
2020-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Yiu-Wai Chu
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Betwixt and Between: Hong Kong Studies Reconsidered

Interventions: International Journal of Postcolonial Studies
2018 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85048037207

Part of ISSN: 1369-801X
Contributors: Chu, YWS
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University of Hong Kong
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Cantopop in Mainland China: How Can I Forget You?

The 6th Inter-Asia Popular Music Studies Conference
2018 | Conference paper
Contributors: Chu, YWS
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University of Hong Kong

Reimagining Cultures: The Inheritance and Transmission of Hong Kong Popular Culture

Cultures Among Us: 2018 Cultural Studies Annual Conference
2018 | Conference paper
Contributors: Chu, YWS
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University of Hong Kong

梁偉文.林夕

香港.人
2018 | Book chapter
Contributors: Chu, YWS
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University of Hong Kong

Hong Kong Cantopop: A Concise History

2017 | Book
Contributors: Chu, YWS
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University of Hong Kong

Hong Kong Culture and Society in the New Millennium: Hong Kong as Method

2017 | Book
Contributors: Chu, YWS
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University of Hong Kong
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'1970s Hong Kong'

The Inter-Asia Popular Music Studies Conference (IAPMS)
2016 | Conference paper
Contributors: Chu, Yiu-Wai
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University of Hong Kong

Hong Kong Cultural and Creative Industries Reconsidered: Pop Music as Example

Twenty-First Century
2016 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1017-5725
Contributors: Chu, YWS
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University of Hong Kong
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Hong Kong Studies as Method

2016 | Book
Contributors: Chu, YWS
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University of Hong Kong

On speaking (up for) Cantonese as Hong Kong cultural identity

Annual Conference of the Association of Asian Studies, AAS 2016
2016 | Conference paper
Contributors: Chu, YWS
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University of Hong Kong

Who speaks for the Lion Rock? Pro-Cantonese Campaign (or Lack Thereof) in Hong Kong

Online Civil Unrest Workshop
2016 | Conference paper
Contributors: Chu, YWS
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University of Hong Kong

Between postcolonialities: Hong Kong’s postcolonial self-writing reconsidered

Colloquium and Workshop on Siting Postcoloniality
2015 | Conference paper
Contributors: Chu, YWS
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University of Hong Kong

Cantopopsibility: Reflections on the Crisis of Cantopop as a Creative Industry

The Global Creative Industries Conference = 全球創意產業研討會
2015 | Conference paper
Contributors: Chu, Stephen Yi
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University of Hong Kong
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Commentary: Critical Geographies

A Companion to Hong Kong Cinema
2015 | Book chapter
Part of ISBN: 9780470659281
Contributors: Chu, SYW
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University of Hong Kong

Empowering Hong Kong cinema in the Age of Co-productions

Asian Conference on Arts and Humanities, ACAH 2015
2015 | Conference paper
Contributors: Chu, YWS
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University of Hong Kong

Faces of Hong Kong': My City? My Home?

International Journal of Cultural Studies
2015 | Journal article
Contributors: Chu, YWS
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University of Hong Kong
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Hong Kong Studies as Method

Twenty-First Century
2015 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1017-5725
Contributors: Chu, YWS
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University of Hong Kong
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Johnnie To's “northern expedition:” from Milkyway Image to Drug War

Inter-Asia Cultural Studies
2015 | Journal article
Contributors: Chu, YWS
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University of Hong Kong

Toward a New Hong Kong Cinema: Beyond Mainland-Hong Kong Co-productions

Journal of Chinese Cinemas
2015 | Journal article
Contributors: Chu, YWS
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University of Hong Kong

Ya Si and Hong Kong Studies

International Conference on Hong Kong and the World through Leung Ping Kwan
2015 | Conference paper
Contributors: Chu, YWS
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University of Hong Kong
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Hong Kong (Studies) as Method

Conference on Hong Kong Betwixt and Between
2014 | Conference paper
Contributors: Chu, YWS
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University of Hong Kong
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Johnnie To’s Northern Expedition: From Milkyway Image to Drug War

Annual London Film and Media Conference
2014 | Conference paper
Contributors: Chu, YWS
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University of Hong Kong

The Last Generation of Local Scholars?

Hong Kong Cantonese Culture
2014 | Book chapter
Part of ISBN: 9789620765261
Contributors: Chu, YWS
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University of Hong Kong

十年茫茫憶黃霑

明報月刊
2014 | Other
Contributors: Chu, YWS
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University of Hong Kong

Book review: Sonic Multiplicities: Hong Kong Pop and the Global Circulation of Sound and Image

China Information
2013 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0920-203X
Contributors: Chu, YWS
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University of Hong Kong
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Lost in Transition: Hong Kong Culture in the Age of China

2013 | Book
Contributors: Chu, YWS
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University of Hong Kong

Remapping Hong Kong popular music: Covers, localisation and the waning hybridity of Cantopop

Popular Music
2013 | Journal article
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Part of ISSN: 0261-1430
Contributors: Chu, YW; Leung, E
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Toward a New Hong Kong Cinema: Beyond Mainland-Hong Kong Co-productions

Inter-Asia Cultural Studies (IACS) Conference
2013 | Conference paper
Contributors: Chu, YWS
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University of Hong Kong

香港文學@文化研究

2002 | Book
Contributors: Cheung, EMK; Chu, SYW
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University of Hong Kong

Whose rule of law? Rethinking (post-)colonial legal culture in Hong Kong

Social and Legal Studies
1998 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-0039504027

Part of ISSN: 0964-6639
Contributors: Sin, WM; Chu, YW
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University of Hong Kong