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Fighting without Fighting - Kung Fu Cinema's Journey to the West (Hardcover)
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Fighting without Fighting - Kung Fu Cinema's Journey to the West (Hardcover)
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In the spring and summer of 1973, a wave of martial arts movies
from Hong Kong - epitomized by Bruce Lee's Enter the Dragon -
smashed box-office records for foreign-language films in America,
and ignited a 'kung fu craze' that swept the world. Fighting
without Fighting explores this dramatic phenomenon, and argues
that, more than just a cinematic fad, the West's sudden fascination
with - and moral panic about - the Asian fighting arts has left
lasting legacies into the present. The book traces the background
of the craze in the longer development of Hong Kong's martial arts
cinema. It discusses the key films in detail, as well as their
popular reception and the debates they ignited, where kung fu
challenged Western identities and raised anxieties about violence,
both on and off screen. And it examines the proliferation of ideas
and images from these films in fields as diverse as popular music,
superhero franchises, children's cartoons and contemporary art.
Illuminating and accessible, Fighting without Fighting draws a
vivid bridge between East and West.
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