Between Home and World（Edited by Esther M. K. Cheung, Yiu-wai Chu）

This present volume of essays anthologizes a recent body of critical works written in English on the cinema of Hong Kong in the midst of the phenomenal rise of Hong Kong cinema as a worthy object of academic study. It is also an effort to give the cinema name. 
 
The analytical category is the "crisis cinema" which is not only thematically linked with the other two categories, namely "national" and "transnational" cinemas, but also shares their critical concerns. To put it figuratively by invoking the key trope in the book title Between Home and World, this volume suggests that any departure from "home" engenders a "crisis" - threat to our ontological security. What underlines the concern is how the aesthetics of film corresponds directly and indirectly to the politics of identity in a transitory moment and space, one that is between "home" and “world".
 
About the Editors
Dr Esther Cheung 張美君 (1958-2015) was a leading figure in Hong Kong’s cultural studies. She pioneered the filmmaker-in-residence scheme in The University of Hong Kong, which was first set up in the Department of Comparative Literature and later adopted by HKU as the University Artists Scheme.
 
Stephen Yiu-Wai Chu (1965-) is Professor and Director of Hong Kong Studies Programme, The University of Hong Kong, and Fellow of the Hong Kong Academy of Humanities. His research focuses on post-colonialism, globalisation and Hong Kong culture. He has published more than 30 books and 50 academic essays In recognition of his contribution to the promotion of Hong Kong culture and Canto-pop, the South China Morning Post presented him the Spirit of Hong Kong Award (Culture) in 2019.