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Author:   Kyle Barrowman (DePaul University, USA)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.60cm
Weight:   0.600kg
ISBN:  

9781350365759

ISBN 10:   1350365750
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   03 October 2024
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

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

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The book broadens our vision of the cinematic universe beyond the traditional focus on Hollywood through its excellent series of essays on stardom in the martial arts cinema of Hong Kong. They provide answers to the central question: what makes an action actor into a star? -- Stephen Teo, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Author Information

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.

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