Scissors and Ceramic Plates: Narrating identity—Female embodiment and Hong Kong’s cultural

School of Humanities, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518000, China

^* Corresponding author: 2024010019@mails.szu.edu.cn

Abstract

This paper centers on gender and identity in the literature of Leung Ping-kwan, and in specific, the study will center on thinking through some of the questions around women’s identity presented in the literary texts by Leung, in the context of Hong Kong’s dynamic cultural or social landscape including the tensions of women navigating through traditional expectations, playing out in contemporary experiences The study will also compare Leung’s writings with other authors to cement the response to the representation of women and gender in Hong Kong’s modern and contemporary literature, ultimately contributing to the conversation on both gender, and identity. By resituating Leung’s subjects or characters in the social and political landscape of Hong Kong, the paper expands the understanding of the representation of women through literature in Hong Kong. Meanwhile, it also epitomizes the true situation of Hong Kong during the post-colonial period. Ultimately, this analysis positions Leung’s work as a critical bridge between localized gendered experiences and universal discourses on identity, memory, and resistance in an era of contested belonging.