Mask as identity? The political subject in the 2019 Hong Kong's social unrest.
This article examines the significance of the masks worn by the protestors in Hong Kong's 2019 political movement. The mask represents a collective political identity, but the act of wearing it is also an individual decision. The Hong Kong protestors wore masks for practical reasons – to hide their...
| Publicado en: | Cultural Studies Vol. 36; no. 4; pp. 624 - 644 |
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