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The Currency of Historicity in Hong Kong: Deconstructing Nostalgia through Soy Milk
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Abstract "In the 1980s, as the end of the millennium approached, the production of nostalgia exploded all around the world. For Hong Kong, nostalgia became a reminder of the golden age that had transformed the city into one of the 'Four Asian Tigers' in the decades following the end of the Second World War. ... view more
"In the 1980s, as the end of the millennium approached, the production of nostalgia exploded all around the world. For Hong Kong, nostalgia became a reminder of the golden age that had transformed the city into one of the 'Four Asian Tigers' in the decades following the end of the Second World War. While yearning for the better days of the past, Hong Kong coincidentally experienced destabilisation. As the rest of the world, especially the 'baby boomers', mourned the end of a productive era, Hong Kong locals were disturbed by the affirmation of the handover to China in 1997. In the context of these events, a creative rush to nostalgia in cultural manufacturing swept across the city. In the hope of highlighting the uniqueness of nostalgic production in Hong Kong, this study analyses two sets of TV commercials produced by local beverage company Vitasoy. Through the deconstruction of selected historical events, Vitasoy successfully reinvented its brand and, in contrast to general criticism of the concept, generated a positive connotation for nostalgia on the path towards Hong Kong's search for an identity." (author's abstract)... view less
Keywords
China; Hong Kong; cultural identity; nostalgia; television; advertising; conception of history; contemporary history; commercial; collective identity; branding policy; Far East
Classification
Advertising, Public Relations
Social History, Historical Social Research
Document language
English
Publication Year
2015
Page/Pages
p. 145-175
Journal
Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, 44 (2015) 4
ISSN
1868-4874
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed