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Beyond Bruce Lee: Chasing the Dragon Through Film, Philosophy, and Popular Culture
Rey Chow
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Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 18. BIC Classification: JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 372.
In order to understand Bruce Lee, we must look beyond Bruce Lee to the artist's intricate cultural and historical contexts. This work begins by contextualising Lee, examining his films and martial arts work, and his changing cultural status within different times and places. The text examines Bruce Lee's films and philosophy in relation to the popular culture and cultural politics of the 1960s and 1970s, and it addresses the resurgence of his popularity in Hong Kong and China in the twenty-first century. The study also explores Lee's ongoing legacy and influence in the West, considering his function as a shifting ... Read more
In order to understand Bruce Lee, we must look beyond Bruce Lee to the artist's intricate cultural and historical contexts. This work begins by contextualising Lee, examining his films and martial arts work, and his changing cultural status within different times and places. The text examines Bruce Lee's films and philosophy in relation to the popular culture and cultural politics of the 1960s and 1970s, and it addresses the resurgence of his popularity in Hong Kong and China in the twenty-first century. The study also explores Lee's ongoing legacy and influence in the West, considering his function as a shifting ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231165297
SKU
V9780231165297
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About Rey Chow
Paul Bowman teaches cultural studies at Cardiff University. He is author of numerous books on visual culture, cultural politics, and popular culture, including Post-Marxism Versus Cultural Studies, Deconstructing Popular Culture, and Theorizing Bruce Lee. He is editor of many collections on film, cultural studies, postcolonialism, and poststructuralism.
Reviews for Beyond Bruce Lee: Chasing the Dragon Through Film, Philosophy, and Popular Culture
As the titles suggests, this volume takes us 'beyond' Bruce Lee to debates around postmodern and the postcolonial, martial arts philosophy, and popular culture both translated and performed. But Lee is no mere pretext for this fascinating volume-this study also reminds us how exciting and transformative his cultural emergence was and what a complex legacy he has left. Whether your ... Read more