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This book examines the social, political, and cultural changes that have occurred in the practice of Chinese kungfu by martial artists in Hong Kong over the course of the last two decades of British rule and the first two decades of mainland Chinese rule.

List of contents

Introduction
Sources of Ethnographic Data
Chapter 1. A Hong Kong Kungfu Temple Cult and Hong Kong's Economy
Chapter 2. Heroes of a Kungfu Temple Cult
Chapter 3. Triads, the Police and Kungfu Brotherhoods
Chapter 4. The Disciples of Master Chau
Chapter 5. Kungfu in Guangzhou, WW2 to 1986
Chapter 6. Guangzhou Kungfu Brotherhoods Arise During the Cultural Revolution
Chapter 7. Personal Rebellions and Secretive Kungfu Brotherhoods
Chapter 8.The Economy, Education and the Decline of Hong Kong Folk Culture
Chapter 9. The Fate of Master Chau's Kungfu Brotherhood
Chapter 10. The Decline of Hong Kong Kungfu
References

About the author

By Daniel Miles Amos

Summary

This book examines the social, political, and cultural changes that have occurred in the practice of Chinese kungfu by martial artists in Hong Kong over the course of the last two decades of British rule and the first two decades of mainland Chinese rule.

Product details

• Authors: Daniel Miles Amos
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9781786615435
• ISBN: 978-1-78661-543-5
• Series: Martial Arts Studies
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries; Media Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social & cultural anthropology