Theorizing Bruce Lee : film-fantasy-fighting-philosophy / Paul Bowman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bowman, Paul, 1971-

Series:

Contemporary Cinema 5.

Contemporary cinema, 1572-3070 ; 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion picture actors and actresses--United States--Biography.

Motion picture actors and actresses.

Martial artists--United States--Biography.

Martial artists.

Martial arts films--History and criticism.

Martial arts films.

United States.

Lee, Bruce, 1940-1973.

Lee, Bruce.

Genre:

Biographies.

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (255 pages).

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Theorizing Bruce Lee is a unique work, which uses cultural theory to analyse and assess Bruce Lee, and uses Bruce Lee to analyse and assess cultural theory. Lee is shown to be a major ‘event’ in both global film and global popular culture – a figure who’s central to many intercultural encounters, texts, and practices. Many key elements of film and cultural theory are employed to theorize Bruce Lee, and Lee is shown to be a complex – and consequential – multimedia, multidisciplinary and multicultural phenomenon. Theorizing Bruce Lee is essential reading for anyone interested in Bruce Lee in popular culture and as an object of academic study.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

User Guide: Main Menu

Theorizing Bruce Lee: Sublime Object of Academia

Film—Fantasy: The Communication of Screen Violence

Fantasy—Fighting

Fighting—Philosophy

Works Cited and Consulted

Filmography

Index.

Notes:

Includes filmography (p. [245]-246).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-244) and index.

ISBN:

90-420-2778-9

OCLC:

560270220

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789042027787 DOI