Critical Discourse Analysis in Historiography: The Case of Hong Kong’s Evolving Political Identity

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Background on Hong Kong and Theoretical Framework....Pages 3-37
Front Matter....Pages 39-39
The Discourse of Colonial Withdrawal....Pages 41-63
Rhetorical Strategies and Identity Politics in the Discourse of Colonial Withdrawal....Pages 64-87
Discourse and Social Change in a Public Meeting....Pages 88-114
Front Matter....Pages 115-115
Face in Intercultural Political Discourse....Pages 117-132
Competing Public Discourses in Transitional Hong Kong....Pages 133-152
Metaphors in the Discursive Construction of Patriotism: the Case of Hong Kong’s Constitutional Reform Debate....Pages 153-172
Front Matter....Pages 173-173
Identity Politics and Hong Kong’s Return to Chinese Sovereignty....Pages 175-198
Discourse as History: History as Discourse. ‘The Rise of Modern China’ — a History Exhibition in Post-Colonial Hong Kong....Pages 199-217
Discriminatory Discourse Directed towards Mainlanders....Pages 218-244
Globalisation Discourse: Continuity with the Old....Pages 245-261
The Discursive Construction of a World Class City....Pages 262-288
Front Matter....Pages 289-289
Conclusion....Pages 291-301
Back Matter....Pages 302-341