Martial Arts Cinema and Hong Kong Modernity: Aesthetics, ...
Yip, Man-Fung
At the core of Martial Arts Cinema and Hong Kong Modernity Aesthetics, Representation, Circulation is a fascinating paradox the martial arts film, long regarded as a vehicle of Chinese cultural nationalism, can also be understood as a mass cultural expression of Hong Kong's modern urban-industrial society. This important and popular genre, Man-Fung Yip argues, articulates the experiential qualities, the competing social subjectivities and gend...