Warrior women : gender, race, and the transnational Chinese action star /

"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 identit...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Funnell, Lisa, 1980-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Albany : State University of New York Press, [2014]
Subjects:
Women heroes in motion pictures.
Action and adventure films > China.
Action and adventure films > Taiwan.
Action and adventure films > China > Hong Kong.
Héroïnes au cinéma.
Films d'aventures > Chine.
Films d'aventures > Taiwan.
Films d'aventures > Chine > Hongkong.
PERFORMING ARTS > Reference.
Action and adventure films
Women heroes in motion pictures
Filmstar
Actionfilm
Abenteuerfilm
Heldin > Motiv
China
China > Hong Kong
Taiwan
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to warrior women
  • Hong Kong-Hollywood connections
  • Transnational Chinese mothers: the heroic identities of Michelle Yeoh and Pei Pei Cheng
  • Intermedial stars: Hong Kong warrior women in post-1997 cinema
  • Chinese women and the tropes of modern China: the transnational appeal of Gong Li and Zhang Ziyi
  • Pan-Pacific connections: Chinese American warrior women in post-1997 Hong Kong
  • transnational integration: Chinese Canadian warrior women in post-1997 Hong Kong
  • The influence of Hong Kong in Hollywood: the asianization of American warrior women
  • Conclusion: transnational Chinese warrior women.

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