Funnell Warrior Women

Gender, Race, and the Transnational Chinese Action Star
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-4384-5250-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 294 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Considers the significance of female Chinese action stars in national and transnational contexts.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Funnell, Lisa

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
Introduction

1. Hong Kong–Hollywood Connections

2. Transnational Chinese Mothers: The Heroic Identities of Michelle Yeoh and Pei Pei Cheng

3. Intermedial Stars: Hong Kong Warrior Women in Post-1997 Cinema

4. Chinese Women and the Tropes of Modern China: The Transnational Appeal of Gong Li and Zhang Ziyi

5. Pan-Pacific Connections: Chinese American Warrior Women in Post-1997 Hong Kong

6. Transnational Integration: Chinese Canadian Warrior Women in Post-1997 Hong Kong

7. The Influence of Hong Kong in Hollywood: The Asianization of American Warrior Women

Conclusion: Transnational Chinese Warrior Women

Notes
Works Cited
Filmography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Lisa Funnell is Assistant Professor in the Women's and Gender Studies Program at the University of Oklahoma, where she is also an affiliated faculty member of the Film and Media Studies Program and the Center for Social Justice. She is the coeditor (with Philippa Gates) of Transnational Asian Identities in Pan-Pacific Cinemas: The Reel Asian Exchange.