Post-Modern Scene of Hong Kong Society from Food Literature

The characteristic of Hong Kong finish, the individuality of Hong Kong citizen is endlessly a furious topic. In the decade, post- sophisticated has render a parvenu verb to attain Hong Kong. So, this treatise is going to define surface if Hong Kong is in post- innovational period and emotions of authors and citizens, through the picture of Hong Kong fond club in fodder lit whilery productionss. Methodology This treatise alms to find out the picture of Hong Kong post-modern society from Hong Kong Diet Literature. In this treatise, the definition of diet literature Is generalized to all texts using diet as the motion of literary writing.And the narrowed definition of Hong Kong Diet Literature is all texts using Food as the hem of literary writing, which write and published in primp by Hong Kong authors, writing Hong Kong places. By observation, Hong Kong diet literature is absented in the conduct of Hong Kong literature history. The phenomenon, Food is being democra tic as a theme in HOOK literature, Is worth to be concerned it Is proved by using the record from the categories of pabulum conclusion In the online loudnessstore, Hong Kong Cookbooks Ltd..As the study Is to find out the picture of Hong Kong post-modern society, post-modern theories by Jacques De take in and Jean-Franois Leotard atomic number 18 use. In this treatise, first, would describe the characteristics of postmodern and a city in post-modern period. Second, shows the velveteen of Hong Kong literature and the relationship with the society. and so show the change of the writing methods and styles in Hong Kong intellectual nourishment literatures, by the comparability of the most representative and popular authors in different decades. Thirdly, shows the analysis of post-modern phenomenon sh sustain in literatures. At the end, a respond will be made in conclusion. . Theories of Post-modernism First of all, we should definite clearly about the term Post-modern and Post- der mis Post-modern Is a historic invention, slaying the post-industrial society or the era of Information In the postwar period of World War II. Post- modernism is a heathen ideologic trend of western society It is an offspring of more thanls anon Leganes Walt mayoralty Ana auto It (Roding, 1 differences between Modernism and Post-modernism atomic number 18, modernism advocates rationality, eccentricity of metaphysics, integrity Post-modernism is the opposite of modernism.Theories of Post-modernism be ground on two important philosophers Jacques Deride (1930 2004), There is nothing out of doors of the text. (Deride, 1965), his idea delegacy written text, also everything beside text owns and exhibit their meanings in setting also he advocates There is nothing outside context, means text would have different meaning interpreted by different contexts, and the context would interpreted by another context which means there is no truth, or solo one treatise to explain a thing , nothing is immobile.It is a critique of modern rationalism empire. Jean-Franois Leotard (1925 1998) Under this modern society and culture-?post-industry and post-modern culture, the legitimacy of science are questioned in different ways. Meta-narration has woolly-headed its c blushfulibility, whether it is a unified approach adopted. (Williams, 1998) In the post- modern society, there are no only truth (meta-narrative), only mint-narratives, oral communication games which have their own rules, vales it is full of differences.Science, emphasizing conclusion, rationality, and accuracy is not a meta-narrative anymore, it is only a small-narrative, as the others. Everything is uncertain, Emotion is evidence or a description of incomplete-events in any kind of manner of speaking games or 1998) also it is evidence to even up the boundary between two language games. (Williams, 1998) II. Delimiting meta-narrative in Hong Kong On society aspect After 1 July 1997, meta-narrative one country, two systems has been intervened by primary(prenominal)land China lots of historical constructions had been broken down also, financial tsunami, CARS led to corking unemployment.In 1 July march in 2003, a large public had be to the march, opposing the legislation of the Basic law Article 23 all over million batch were protesting for liberty and democracy. Protestors were come from different social communities, such as businessmen, retired people, young couples and democrats, with anger and anxiety. Hong Kong people march, 2003) Different communitieslanguage games, march in 1 July continually each year the dark utopian meta-narrative and the disappearance of memorable buildings and places create a crake between modern society, which bring Hong Kong in to a post-modern period.On literature In asss, asss, there are binary oppositions in Hong Kong literature, they are rightist/ leftist, elegance/earthliness, realism modernism. (Lung,2008) The concept of the binary between elegance and earthliness of popular culture, high-end and low-end is stall De accuses In Hong Kong, expurgate literature(cueing ) Nine concept Is developed by a group of intellectual, who brought it to the organizational structure. Besides, traditional study of literature and the study of culture are foreign to each other. In this recent decade, literature becomes important in cultural studies under a multicultural society.The boundary between two studies has become vague the argument between elegance and earthliness is doubtfulnessed in cultural studies, slice there are different groups of people in popular, the studies would be restrain by the boundary. (Chemung & Chug, 2007) Ill. Picture of post-modern society from food literature Development of food literature The change of Hong Kong food literature is very significant, precisely did not be noted by cultural scholars. In the olden, food literature is published in the form of recipes, which is instruction of cooking with out authors feelings the most notable and representative author is called Chain Mongo Yang (1910 1997).His prose published in a book Bible of Eat, first posted in revolutionaryspaper column, got popular because of the principle and stories of food and cooking. (Chain, 2007) Authors feelings and his/her point of views are reflected in nowa eld food literature using colloquial language ampere with literature written by Chain Mongo Yang, the tone of voice is more casual nowadays, and the main purpose is to express authors feelings rather than instructing reader. There is nothing outside of the text. all(prenominal) author is a small- narrative, part of Hong Kong the study of their works can facilitate to make a more holistic picture of Hong Kong culture.A. The past is always better Nostalgic Nostalgic describes an emotional structure. In the formation of a larger cultural context, desirous has social and psychological stability and re-negotiation locomote on human cognition and position on the arena. (Lie, 2004) Its feeling more than substantial old. In Haying Au Youngest (Ar J) and Lung Aka Skunks(Lung) writings, they recall the past by using a lot of food symbols, interchangeable stall, hot pot, herbal tea to express their helpless feelings about the current social changes, and cherish the past as the past is always better. Then his eye with a bit confused, winked his eyeball, again, even shook his head unconsciously. Oh, no, this is not a (dish of) salt and pepper fresh squid I used to. Of caterpillar tread we cannot go back, especially when we are fortunately living in this era of horn-sighted speeding, among the personnel of social blundering. We proved impossible to preserve landmarks around the streets, only some vague shadows, distracting thoughts it is only an echo of a particular windy complaint which has just finished. (Au Young, 2007) Ar J saw disappointment from his friends eyes and actions, because the gustatory sensation can no long er be reproduced.The evaluation of taste may be affected by personal feelings. Ar J and his friend got emotion in this rapid changeable era. In the rifle day of the old lead ferrying Pier, I parked my elevator car especially at the Central Star Ferry Car approximate range for the sake to take Star Ferry at the old Star Ferry Pier. Its still in Green Ana went colors, out I declare strange suddenly, sort Ice-cream was gone, Toulouse ending of the ride was doomed Finally the new Star Ferry Pier was opened, more food stores opened than before, but they all can be bought in Central Airport rail line Station, soft ice-cream will not come back.I am not nostalgia whether the building of Star Ferry Pier is old or new, I would like to keep the way we were. (Lung, 2005) The 48-years-old old Star Ferry Pier had been destructed by government under Hong Kong citizens dissatisfaction and opposition, which increased public awareness of topical anesthetic anaesthetic culture conservation, also undermined public trust in government. Lung deliberately took a ride in the last operation day of the old Star Ferry Pier, the new ferry pier was built, but the absence of soft ice-cream, Lung was muddled in the imagination of the old days.Emotion is the only evidence Emotion is evidence or a description of incomplete-events in any kind of language games or girds. (Williams, 1998) The destruction of old buildings, reconstructed by new commercial message buildings shows the opposition between Ar J , his friend and the immemorial world Lung and the government. Old building is a pattern which has an inter subjectivity function, representing the put across and sharing, and is the common knowledge and experience in a group of people with same cultural background can cognizance.Roland Berates reported For many individuals who are there, so in itself contains 1999) However, those stable signifier are erased Flattened and oversimplified signifier are only plays and unstable in this rapid consumerism era. Sense of loss, the emotions verbalised is the only articulate evidence. B. Contradiction between language games Western and topical anaesthetic I have not eaten traditional hot cake (Boo-change) for a long time. Thought it had been lost, and no one will do because today pizza pie is much popular Pancake sounds old, outmoded, who will to eat? Also, nowhere sell. Fast-food chain restaurants launched nostalgic tea meals fried sweet potato, red and white-steamed clay-pot cake, four stuffed treasures, and salt pancake Their salt pancake of course does not as delicious as childhood, perhaps its deliciousness is scored by memories Pan cake has a morose 2008) Under the influence of western fast-food culture, western fast-food becomes the main stream the urge forward of sense of local identity, create a wave of nostalgia in Hong Kong food industry.Pack Way Lee used salt pancake-?Boo Change which means thin- support as a signifier, to signify the tenacious vital ity of local culture, which would not be buried so easy. The legislation of western culture has been doubted, the wave of nostalgic tea meal is a way to decentralize the eccentricity of western fast-food. Commerce and Culture In the era of globalization and the education of high-technique, the exchange of economy, culture has become easier and faster boundaries between countries are Duller c, local culture Decodes ten capital In ten commercial game. across the road in front of Lung Fun Restaurant, is King Way restaurant, introduced red bean paste lunar month cake, which is regarded as exceptional alternative dream cake. But in these last ten years, moon cake has rank means. Moon cake is getting more and more unlike moon cake. Crystal moon cake is glutting in the market, now chocolate is used as a moon cake, I very much doubt it is moon cake or cake (xi being). Cakes are supplied over 365 days Moon cake, the real role in legend is, as a media to pass the message of uprising whe n full moon.