Abstract
Keynote article
Historically, Hong Kong writing is a thoroughfare that has sprouted many spatial and linguistic byways out of the territory that once nurtured it. Its provisional terminus is a nebulous, but increasingly populated creative diaspora. How then should we approach the prospect of such a post 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests creators’ diaspora? Should our discursive tone be hagiographic, heroic, or realistic? Is there a real prospect of a durable creative exile community taking hold?
Historically, Hong Kong writing is a thoroughfare that has sprouted many spatial and linguistic byways out of the territory that once nurtured it. Its provisional terminus is a nebulous, but increasingly populated creative diaspora. How then should we approach the prospect of such a post 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests creators’ diaspora? Should our discursive tone be hagiographic, heroic, or realistic? Is there a real prospect of a durable creative exile community taking hold?
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 3-15 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | Writing Chinese: A Journal of Contemporary Sinophone Writing |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 20 Dec 2023 |
Keywords
- Hong Kong
- writing
- literature
- Chinese
- Cantonese
- polyglossia
- postcolonial