TY - JOUR
T1 - (Re)mediating ‘blackness’ in Hong Kong Chinese medium newspapers
T2 - representations of African cultures in relation to Hong Kong
AU - Chow-Quesada, Shun Man Emily
AU - Tesfaye, Facil
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Seed Fund for Basic Research of the University of Research Committee of the University of Hong Kong. [Account code: 104005254.088204.05100.301.01] We would like to thank many people who so generously contributed to this article, especially Prof Adams Bodomo, Dr Roberto Castillo, and fellow participants of the International Symposium on Inequality and Well-being in China-African Relations held at Lingnan University in May 2019. We are privileged to have had the insightful comments from these amazing colleagues.
PY - 2020/10/1
Y1 - 2020/10/1
N2 - This paper studies the representations of Africans and African cultures in Hong Kong media and the political, social, and cultural significance in shaping the socioeconomic wellbeing of Africans in the city. With the rising population of Africans in Hong Kong and the evolving nature of Africa-China relations, Africa and its cultures have become more prominent across Hong Kong’s media. Representations of the African continent in Chinese medium newspapers in the city help define the local understanding of African peoples and cultures. By analysing the construction of “African-ness” in these representations, this article shows that African cultures are constantly portrayed in relation to those of Hong Kong. It is by studying the absences and presences of “African-ness” that it can be shown that Africa is often narrated as the subordinate of the local. Significantly, this hierarchical system not only predetermines but also crystalizes the local understanding of Africa.
AB - This paper studies the representations of Africans and African cultures in Hong Kong media and the political, social, and cultural significance in shaping the socioeconomic wellbeing of Africans in the city. With the rising population of Africans in Hong Kong and the evolving nature of Africa-China relations, Africa and its cultures have become more prominent across Hong Kong’s media. Representations of the African continent in Chinese medium newspapers in the city help define the local understanding of African peoples and cultures. By analysing the construction of “African-ness” in these representations, this article shows that African cultures are constantly portrayed in relation to those of Hong Kong. It is by studying the absences and presences of “African-ness” that it can be shown that Africa is often narrated as the subordinate of the local. Significantly, this hierarchical system not only predetermines but also crystalizes the local understanding of Africa.
KW - Africa
KW - China
KW - Hong Kong
KW - Media representation
KW - multiculturalism
UR - https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/routledg/caet/2020/00000021/00000004/art00001
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85086013498&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/14631369.2020.1763776
DO - 10.1080/14631369.2020.1763776
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85086013498
SN - 1463-1369
VL - 21
SP - 384
EP - 406
JO - Asian Ethnicity
JF - Asian Ethnicity
IS - 4
ER -
