More than Law and Order: Regulating Film Exhibition in Colonial Hong Kong (1907- 1914)

Yueh Yu YEH

More than Law and Order: Regulating Film Exhibition in Colonial Hong Kong (1907- 1914)

Department of Visual Studies

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Abstract

This paper discusses a number of important features in early film exhibition in Hong Kong from 1908 to 1914, before the outbreak of the European War. Our survey of English newspapers during this period recovered reports on civil and criminal charges against the cinema business. The reports shed lights on the regulatory framework of film exhibition in colonial Hong Kong. This framework indicates the colonial administration’s intervention into issues of safety, hygiene, sexual misconduct, fair trade, rent seeking, and police integrity. Government’s enforcement was important to maintain public order; however, they were often fraught with racial prejudice. Laissez-faire, the prevailing view on the cultural policy in colonial Hong Kong--needs to be adjusted, with the new findings on early film exhibition.

Original language	English
Publication status	Published - 13 Jun 2019
Event	The NECS 2019 Conference: Structures and Voices : Storytelling in Post-Digital Times - Gdańsk, Poland Duration: 13 Jun 2019 → 15 Jun 2019 https://necs.org/conference/

Conference

Conference	The NECS 2019 Conference
Country/Territory	Poland
City	Gdańsk
Period	13/06/19 → 15/06/19
Internet address	https://necs.org/conference/

Bibliographical note

Research for this paper is funded by General Research Fund (Project Code: LU 12613217) provided by the Research Grants Council, HKSAR.

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Screen Practices in Colonial Hong Kong: A History of Film Exhibition and Reception from 1897 to 1925 (殖民地香港的映演實踐：電影放映與接收史 (1897-1925) )
YEH, E. (PI)
Research Grants Council (HKSAR)
1/01/18 → 31/12/20
Project: Grant Research

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More than Law and Order: Regulating Film Exhibition in Colonial Hong Kong (1907- 1914)

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Screen Practices in Colonial Hong Kong: A History of Film Exhibition and Reception from 1897 to 1925 (殖民地香港的映演實踐：電影放映與接收史 (1897-1925) )

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