Crippled warriors: masculinities and martial arts media in Asia
Book chapter
White, L. 2022. Crippled warriors: masculinities and martial arts media in Asia. in: Kim, Y. (ed.) Media in Asia: Global, Digital, Gendered and Mobile London and New York Routledge. pp. 239-252
Chapter title | Crippled warriors: masculinities and martial arts media in Asia |
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Authors | White, L. |
Abstract | The kung fu craze of the 1970s was a transformative moment in the global representation of Chinese – and Asian – masculinities, redefining these in new, more affirmative ways. This essay explores the complex nature of the masculinities represented in it. To do so, it foregrounds the repeated motif – in cinema from Hong Kong but also across East Asia – of the disabled hero, which finds its echoes in a range of martial arts media texts today. These are placed in the contexts of the hegemony of Western, orientalist ideas of race and gender; the collision of these with the history of Chinese masculinities; and twentieth-century debates on the martial arts as a means of strengthening the nation and affirming its identity. Attending to both the specifics of Hong Kong / China and broader Asian experiences, the essay traces the evocation and use of these tropes in the 2018 Hindi film The Man Who Feels No Pain. |
Keywords | hong kong cinema; martial arts; kung fu; masculinity; Asian popular culture; Asian cinema; Bruce Lee; Zatoichi; The Man Who Feels No Pain |
Research Group | Diasporas |
Visual Culture and Curating cluster | |
Page range | 239-252 |
Book title | Media in Asia: Global, Digital, Gendered and Mobile |
Editors | Kim, Y. |
Publisher | Routledge |
Place of publication | London and New York |
Series | Media, Culture and Social Change in Asia |
ISBN | |
Hardcover | 9780367653224 |
Paperback | 9780367672850 |
Publication dates | |
16 May 2022 | |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 28 Feb 2022 |
Accepted | 29 Jul 2021 |
Output status | Published |
Accepted author manuscript | License File Access Level Open |
Copyright Statement | This is an Accepted Manuscript of a book chapter published by Routledge in Media, Culture and Social Change in Asia on 16 May 2022, available online: https://www.routledge.com/Media-in-Asia-Global-Digital-Gendered-and-... |
Web address (URL) | https://www.routledge.com/Media-in-Asia-Global-Digital-Gendered-and-Mobile/Kim/p/book/9780367672850 |
Language | English |
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