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Book Chapter: Doing verbal play: Creative work of Cantonese working class schoolboys in Hong Kong
| Title | Doing verbal play: Creative work of Cantonese working class schoolboys in Hong Kong |
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| Authors | |
| Issue Date | 2005 |
| Publisher | Wiley-Blackwell |
| Citation | Doing verbal play: Creative work of Cantonese working class schoolboys in Hong Kong. In Abbas, A, Erni, JN (Eds.), Internationalizing Cultural Studies: An Anthology, p. 317-329. Oxford, UK: Wiley-Blackwell, 2005 How to Cite? |
| Abstract | You want to know why I don't pay attention in English lessons? You really want to
know? Okay, here's the reason: NO INTEREST!! It's so boring and difficult and I can
never master it. But the society wants you to learn English! If you're no good in
English, you're no good at finding a job! (original in Cantonese; 14-year-old schoolboy,
informal interview; from Lin, 1999, p. 407)
... the major drama of resistance in schools is an effort on the part of students to bring
their street-corner culture into the classroom. ... it is a fight against the erasure of their
street-corner identities. ... students resist turning themselves into worker commodities
in which their potential is evaluated only as future members of the labor force. At the
same time, however, the images of success manufactured by the dominant culture seem
out of reach for most of them. (McLaren, 1998, p. 191) |
| Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/184275 |
| ISBN |
| DC Field | Value | Language |
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| dc.contributor.author | Lin, A | - |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-07-02T05:37:49Z | - |
| dc.date.available | 2013-07-02T05:37:49Z | - |
| dc.date.issued | 2005 | - |
| dc.identifier.citation | Doing verbal play: Creative work of Cantonese working class schoolboys in Hong Kong. In Abbas, A, Erni, JN (Eds.), Internationalizing Cultural Studies: An Anthology, p. 317-329. Oxford, UK: Wiley-Blackwell, 2005 | - |
| dc.identifier.isbn | 978-0631236245 | - |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/184275 | - |
| dc.description.abstract | You want to know why I don't pay attention in English lessons? You really want to know? Okay, here's the reason: NO INTEREST!! It's so boring and difficult and I can never master it. But the society wants you to learn English! If you're no good in English, you're no good at finding a job! (original in Cantonese; 14-year-old schoolboy, informal interview; from Lin, 1999, p. 407) ... the major drama of resistance in schools is an effort on the part of students to bring their street-corner culture into the classroom. ... it is a fight against the erasure of their street-corner identities. ... students resist turning themselves into worker commodities in which their potential is evaluated only as future members of the labor force. At the same time, however, the images of success manufactured by the dominant culture seem out of reach for most of them. (McLaren, 1998, p. 191) | - |
| dc.language | eng | - |
| dc.publisher | Wiley-Blackwell | - |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Internationalizing Cultural Studies: An Anthology | - |
| dc.title | Doing verbal play: Creative work of Cantonese working class schoolboys in Hong Kong | en_US |
| dc.type | Book_Chapter | en_US |
| dc.identifier.email | Lin, A: angellin@hku.hk | - |
| dc.description.nature | postprint | - |
| dc.identifier.spage | 317 | - |
| dc.identifier.epage | 329 | - |
| dc.publisher.place | Oxford, UK | - |