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Luke White, WHITE ALEXY, Allison Alexy

Legacies of the Drunken Master - Politics of the Body in Hong Kong Kung Fu Comedy Films

English · Hardback

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Description

About the author

Luke White is senior lecturer in visual culture and fine art at Middlesex University, London.

Summary

In 1978 the films Snake in the Eagle's Shadow and Drunken Master, both starring a young Jackie Chan changed the landscape of martial arts cinema. This first book-length analysis of kung fu comedy interrogates the politics of the films and their representations of the performing body.

Product details

Authors	Luke White, WHITE ALEXY
Assisted by	Allison Alexy (Editor)
Publisher	University of hawaii press

Languages	English
Product format	Hardback
Released	30.04.2020

EAN	9780824881573
ISBN	978-0-8248-8157-3
No. of pages	254
Dimensions	155 mm x 231 mm x 23 mm
Weight	544 g
Series	Asia Pop!
Subject	Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet

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