Fighting Stars -

Fighting Stars

Stardom and Reception in Hong Kong Martial Arts Cinema

Kyle Barrowman (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover
272 Seiten
2024
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-350-36574-2 (ISBN)
27,40 inkl. MwSt
A wide-ranging study of the star personae and cinematic and cultural contexts of Hong Kong's most influential martial arts cinema stars, from Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan to Zhang Ziyi and Michelle Yeoh.
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.

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.

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

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Global East Asian Screen Cultures
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt Kunst / Musik / Theater Film / TV
Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Regional- / Ländergeschichte
Sozialwissenschaften Kommunikation / Medien Medienwissenschaft
ISBN-10 1-350-36574-2 / 1350365742
ISBN-13 978-1-350-36574-2 / 9781350365742
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