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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Funnell, Lisa, 1980- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women heroes in motion pictures.

Action and adventure films--China.

Action and adventure films.

Action and adventure films--Taiwan.

Action and adventure films--China--Hong Kong.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (296 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany, New York : State University of New York Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Finalist for the 2014 ForeWord IndieFab Book of the Year Award in the Women's Studies CategoryBronze Medalist, 2015 Independent Publisher Book Awards in the Women Issues CategoryWinnerof the 2015 Emily Toth Award presented by the Popular Culture Association & American Culture AssociationWarrior 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 identities—Hong Kong Chinese, mainland Chinese, Chinese American, Chinese Canadian—in action films produced domestically in Hong Kong and, increasingly, in cooperation with mainland China and Hollywood. Hong Kong cinema has offered space for the development of transnational Chinese screen identities that challenge the racial stereotypes historically associated with the Asian female body in the West. The ethnic/national differentiation of transnational Chinese female stars—such as Pei Pei Cheng, Charlene Choi, Gong Li, Lucy Liu, Shu Qi, Michelle Yeoh, and Zhang Ziyi—is considered part of the ongoing negotiation of social, cultural, and geopolitical identities in the Chinese-speaking world.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Intersectionality of Social Identities""; ""Racial Stereotyping in Hollywood""; ""Warrior Women""; ""1. Hong Kong�Hollywood Connections""; ""Part I: Industrial Collaborations and Divergences""; ""Global Aspirations, Transnational Connections""; ""Star Cultures and Systems""; ""Part II: Heroic Identities in Hong Kong Cinema""; ""Masculinity and Identity in Hong Kong Action""; ""Warrior Women in Hong Kong Cinema""; ""2. Transnational Chinese Mothers: The Heroic Identities of Michelle Yeoh and Pei Pei Cheng""

""Part I: Generation 1�Pei Pei Cheng""""Queen of Swordplay""; ""Maternal Master""; ""Part II: Generation 2�Michelle Yeoh""; ""Yeoh�s Rising Star""; ""Yeoh�s Transnational Appeal""; ""The Global Face of Hong Kong""; ""Part III: Transnational Mothers""; ""Yeoh as Self-Sacrificing Chinese Mother""; ""Cheng as Transnational Maternal Master""; ""The Return of Yeoh""; ""3. Intermedial Stars: Hong Kong Warrior Women in Post-1997 Cinema""; ""Part I: Hong Kong Industry Crisis""; ""From Decline to Crisis""; ""Internationalization of the Industry""; ""Rise of Male Cantopop Stars""

""Part II: Case Study�Shu Qi""""Rising Star of Post-1997""; ""The Threat to Cantonese-Language Cinema""; ""Dragon Hidden""; ""Girls with Guns Revival""; ""Transnational Star""; ""4. Chinese Women and the Tropes of Modern China: The Transnational Appeal of Gong Li and Zhang Ziyi""; ""Part I: Gong Li and Mainland Chinese Cinema""; ""Shanghai Cinema""; ""Propaganda versus Profit""; ""The Face of New China""; ""Participating in Hong Kong Action""; ""Crossover into Hollywood""; ""Part II: Zhang Ziyi and the Commercialization of Mainland Cinema""; ""Crouching Tiger""; ""Dual Star Personas""

""The Mainland Tradition of Warrior Women""""Under a Media Microscope""; ""5. Pan-Pacific Connections: Chinese American Warrior Women in Post-1997 Hong Kong""; ""Part I: The Post-1997 Film Industry""; ""Media Asia�s Shifting Production Ideology""; ""Part II: Pan-Pacific Connections""; ""The First Wave: Chinese American Women, 1930s�50s""; ""The Second Wave: The Bruce Lee Model, the 1970s""; ""Part III: The Third Wave�Maggie Q""; ""Naked Weapon and the China Doll Stereotype""; ""Transnational Success at a Cost""; ""Return to the Chinese Cinema""

""Part IV: The Yuan Sisters and Cinematic Destiny""""Hong Kong Family Trees""; ""Eugenia Yuanâ€?s Pan-Pacific Career""; ""The Marketing of Marsha Yuan""; ""Transnational Asian American Warrior Women""; ""6. Transnational Integration: Chinese Canadian Warrior Women in Post-1997 Hong Kong""; ""Part I: Hong Kongâ€?Canada Connections""; ""Narratives of Overseas Migration in Hong Kong""; ""Return Migration of the Hong Kong Diaspora""; ""Narratives of Return Migration in Hong Kong""; ""Part II: Chinese Canadian Warrior Women of the Pre-1997 Era""; ""Christy Chung""; ""FranÃoise Yip""

""Part III: Intermedial Stars of the Ge-Ying-Shi (music�film�TV)""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781438452500

1438452500