Fighting Stars (eBook, ePUB)

Stardom and Reception in Hong Kong Martial Arts Cinema
Redaktion: Barrowman, Kyle

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Fighting Stars provides a rich and diverse account of the emergence and legacies of Hong Kong martial arts cinema stars.

Tracing the meanings and influence of stars such as Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, Michelle Yeoh, Jet Li, Zhang Ziyi , and Donnie Yen against the shifting backdrops of the Hong Kong film industry, the contributors to this important volume highlight martial arts stars' cultural reach, both on a local and global scale.

Each of the chapters, written by a host of renowned international scholars, focuses on an individual film star, considering issues such as martial arts practices and philosophies, gender and age, national identities and conflicts, cinematic genres and aesthetic choices in order to understand their local and transnational cultural influence.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. September 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781350365766
• Artikelnr.: 72250074

Autorenporträt

Kyle Barrowman is Adjunct Professor of Media and Cinema Studies at DePaul University, USA. He is author of Understanding Objectivism: At the Movies with Ayn Rand (2023). He has published widely on film studies and philosophy, on subjects ranging from authorship, camera movement, and martial arts to skepticism, perfectionism, and ordinary language philosophy.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Fighting (for) Star Studies
Kyle Barrowman 1. Kwan Tak
hing: Pioneer of Kung Fu Cinema
Wayne Wong 2. Bruce Lee: Effective and Affective Action Techniques
Paul Bowman 3. Angela Mao: Lady Kung Fu in Search of International Markets
Man
Fung Yip 4. Kara Hui: From Young Auntie to Mother Figure
Wing
Fai Leung 5. Gordon Liu: Shaolin Hero
Eric Pellerin 6. Sammo Hung: The Kung Fu Comic's Sublime Body
Luke White 7. Jackie Chan: A Stunting Star's Industrial Legacy
Lauren Steimer 8. Michelle Yeoh: Combating Gender
Kyle Barrowman 9. Cynthia Rothrock: Fame, Style, and the Video Star
Meaghan Morris 10. Jet Li: A Career in Three Acts
Andy Willis 11. Zhang Ziyi: An Alternative Female Action Stardom and the Logic of Indeterminacy
Dorothy Wai Sim Lau 12. Donnie Yen: Authenticity, Nationalism, and the Bruce Lee Legacy
Leon Hunt Index