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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786729103321

Autore

Bowman Paul <1971->

Titolo

Beyond Bruce Lee [[electronic resource] ] : chasing the Dragon through film, philosophy and popular culture / / Paul Bowman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Wallflower Press, 2013

ISBN

0-231-85036-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Disciplina

306.48

Soggetti

Actors - United States

Martial artists - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter One. Beyond Bruce Lee -- Chapter Two. Bruce Lee Between Popular Culture and Cultural Politics -- Chapter Three. Bruce Lee Beyond Pedagogy -- Chapter Four. Bruce Lee Film in Cultural Translation -- Chapter Five. Bruce Lee in the Post Post-Colonial, Post-Modern, Post-Protestant, Post-Human -- Chapter Six. Spectres of Bruce Lee -- Chapter Seven. Re-Enter the Dragon, beyond Bruce Lee -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

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 symbol of ethnic politics and the ways in which he continues to inform Hollywood film-fight choreography. Beyond Bruce Lee ultimately argues Lee is best understood in terms of "cultural translation" and that his interventions and importance are ongoing.