Ho Hill Tone Bauhinia 何晓瞳

Education:
B.A., City University of Hong Kong
M.Phil., Literature, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Research Interest: 
Diaspora Studies; Modern Chinese Literature; Popular Culture; Sinophone Studies; Vernacular Cantonese Literature

Introduction:
My research primarily engages with Sinophone and modern Chinese literature, popular culture, and diaspora studies. I am also interested in vernacular Cantonese literature and popular literary and cinematic productions in the context of Cold War Asia.

Supervisor: Dr Chan Cheow Thia, Prof Yung Sai-Shing

Thesis Title: A “Borrowed” Prism: The Rewriting of Chinese Classics in Cold War Hong Kong and their Circulation and Reception in Southeast Asia (Tentative)

Through the double prism of “borrowing” - combining Hong Kong as a “borrowed time and place” with the reinvention of Chinese classics as a “borrowed” mode of writing－my project seeks to understand the uniqueness of Hong Kong and its critical role in the Asian cultural landscape and network in the Cold War period. It explores how Hong Kong acted as a cultural pivot that facilitated trans-regional transmission, circulation, and reception of cultural productions across Southeast Asia (Nanyang), thus forging a cultural and affective bond between the diasporic Chinese communities.