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Warrior Women: Gender, Race, and the Transnational Chinese Action Star

Lisa Funnell

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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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Warrior Women: Gender, Race, and the Transnational Chinese Action Star. To get started finding Warrior Women: Gender, Race, and the Transnational Chinese Action Star, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Warrior Women: Gender, Race, and the Transnational Chinese Action Star. To get started finding Warrior Women: Gender, Race, and the Transnational Chinese Action Star, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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