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A paper which looks at the way in which hiphop culture has become popular in Hong Kong, particularly with reference to the way in which it has incorporated traditional Chinese forms.
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cultural and political history, it has not only demonstrated a mixture of both eastern and western cultural elements but has also exemplified the ways in which western youth culture can
influence and impinge on Chinese society, and in some cases achieve a synthesis of both. Whilst Hong Kong was subject to the government of the British, it is evident that
both British and American social attitudes were an important factor in the way that Hong Kong culture developed, and it was not until it was returned to Chinese control that
traditional eastern practices and values were able to make their presence felt in everyday culture; however, for the younger generation, this did not mean abandoning western ideas entirely, but rather
integrating them into Chinese traditions and producing a youth culture which clearly showed evidence of the influence of both.
This can be seen, for instance, in the way that hip-hop has become part of Hong Kong popular culture,
although it has grown away from its American origins and towards a synthesis of Chinese art and music with western structures. Hip-hop originated in New York in the 1970s, and
in its early days was solely the province of black youth, who took a combination of social comment, alienation and African roots to produce forms of music, dancing and art
which were exclusive from the mainstream and gave a voice to one of the most disaffected groups in urban American society.
Although the movement spread rapidly, being adopted by first black and then white youths in other countries,
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