Author

Publication

2014-07-01 - SUNY Press

Language

English

Word Count

73,500 words, Guess

Page Count

294 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

  • ISBN-101438452497
  • ISBN-139781438452494
  • OCLC Control Number858159337
  • OCLC Control Number2013033743
  • Better World Books9781438452494
and 1 more

Classifications

  • LCCPN1995.9.W6 F86 2014
  • LCCPN1995.9.W6F86 2014

Description

"Warrior Women considers the significance of Chinese female action stars in martial arts films produced across a range of national and transnational contexts. Lisa Funnell examines the impact of the 1997 transfer of Hong Kong from British to Chinese rule on the representation of Chinese identities--Hong Kong Chinese, mainland Chinese, Chinese American, Chinese Canadian--in action films produced domestically in Hong Kong and, increasingly, in cooperation with mainland China and Hollywood. Hong Kong cinema has offered space for the development of transnational Chinese screen identities that challenge the racial stereotypes historically associated with the Asian female body in the West. The ethnic/national differentiation of transnational Chinese female stars--such as Pei Pei Cheng, Charlene Choi, Gong Li, Lucy Liu, Shu Qi, Michelle Yeoh, and Zhang Ziyi--is considered part of the ongoing negotiation of social, cultural, and geopolitical identities in the Chinese-speaking world." -- Publisher's description

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Warrior Women: Gender, Race, and the Transnational Chinese Action StarHardcoverSUNY Press2014-07-01

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