Space, body and power/play: a case study of Hong Kong Cultural Center.

Chow Pui-ha.Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2004.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 213-219).Abstracts in English and Chinese.Prologue --- p.1-3Chapter Ch. 1 --- "Theorizing Space, Body,ower andlay" --- p.4Chapter I. --- The Interrelations of Space and Body --- p.5-13Chapter II. --- Theower oflay and Leisure --- p.13-19Chapter III. --- Leisure in Modernity --- p.19-21Chapter IV. --- Researchroblematic: Leisure andowerlay --- p.21-22Chapter Ch. 2 --- Operationalisation --- p.23Chapter I. --- The Site of Study: Hong Kong Cultural Centre --- p.24-30Chapter II. --- Institutionalower at Cultural Centre --- p.30-33Chapter III --- Theoretical Framework --- p.34-38Chapter IV --- Research Questions --- p.39-41Chapter V. --- Methodology --- p.41-46Chapter VI. --- Research Implications --- p.46-48Chapter Ch. 3 --- hallocratic Bodyspace --- p.49Chapter I. --- The Representational Spaces: Aublic Toilet or a Culturalalace? --- p.50-61Chapter II. --- Spatialractices:erforming Arts/erformative Culture --- p.62-70Chapter III --- Performative Leisure and Disenchanted body --- p.71-78Chapter IV. --- olitical Economy of the Body andolitical Economy of Music --- p.78-80Chapter V. --- Enchanted Body in the Center?. --- p.81 -83Chapter VI. --- The Representation of Space: Elitist Discourse --- p.84-87Chapter VII. --- Thehallocartic Bodyspace of the Elitist Culturalalace --- p.87-91Chapter CH. 4 --- Embryonic Bodyspace --- p.92Chapter I. --- Representational Space: the Garden and the Open Theatre --- p.93-97Chapter II. --- Spatialractices: Compositionalerformances --- p.98-109Chapter III. --- Re-created Body and Leisure Societies --- p.109-121Chapter IV. --- Embryonic Bodyspace --- p.122-126Chapter V. --- The Representation of Space: the Repression of Revolution --- p.126-129Chapter VI. --- Institutionalised Embryonic Bodyspace --- p.129-136Chapter CH. 5 --- Contested Bodyspace --- p.137Chapter I. --- Sectioned Lifeworlds --- p.138-141Chapter II. --- Civility as the Logic of Centrality --- p.141-149Chapter III. --- Dialectic of Order and Disorder and the Logic of Civility --- p.149-153Chapter IV. --- ower atlay --- p.153-155Chapter CH. 6 --- Body-City and City Spectacle --- p.156Chapter I. --- The Logic of Civility and City Imaginary --- p.157-159Chapter II. --- Spectacularization of City --- p.159-162Chapter III. --- Event Capital and Hong Kong Identity --- p.163-173Chapter IV. --- Mainland Tourists as the City Spectacle of Hong Kong --- p.173-181Chapter V. --- "City spectacle, Spatial Order andower Negotiation" --- p.181-184Chapter CH. 7 --- Conclusion:olitics oflay on Body-City --- p.185Chapter I. --- lay as Tactic --- p.186-187Chapter II. --- hallocratic and Embryonic Bodyspaces --- p.188-190Chapter III. --- Leisure Relations --- p.190-191Chapter IV. --- Creative City and City Citizenshi --- p.191 -200Chapter VI. --- lay as Lifeolitics --- p.200-207Chapter VII. --- Conclusion --- p.207-208Appendix 1: Renowned artists and groupsresented in HK Cultural Centre --- p.209-210Appendix 2: The Meaning of the Eighteen Buildings Presented in a Symphony of Lights --- p.211-212Bibliography --- p.213-21