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Warrior Women
Gender, Race, and the Transnational Chinese Action Star
Lisa Funnell
Considers the significance of Chinese female action stars in national and transnational contexts.
Warrior 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 identitiesHong Kong Chinese, mainland Chinese, Chinese American, Chinese Canadianin 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 starssuch as Pei Pei Cheng, Charlene Choi, Gong Li, Lucy Liu, Shu Qi, Michelle Yeoh, and Zhang Ziyiis considered part of the ongoing negotiation of social, cultural, and geopolitical identities in the Chinese-speaking world.
Warrior 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 identitiesHong Kong Chinese, mainland Chinese, Chinese American, Chinese Canadianin 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 starssuch as Pei Pei Cheng, Charlene Choi, Gong Li, Lucy Liu, Shu Qi, Michelle Yeoh, and Zhang Ziyiis considered part of the ongoing negotiation of social, cultural, and geopolitical identities in the Chinese-speaking world.
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