Theorizing Bruce Lee: Film-fantasy-fighting-philosophy"Taking on Martin Heidegger and Slavoj ÄiPek as well as drawing on Jacques Derrida, Michel Foucault, Guy Debord, Jacques RanciFre, Rey Chow, and Stuart Hall, among others, Bowman shows how Bruce Lee 'speaks' to the philosophical debates that frame our understanding of global popular culture today. Although Bowman may not be able to resolve the philosophical battles surrounding our ability to 'know' Bruce Lee, he does a remarkable job of articulating why Bruce Lee remains an essential force within not only world cinema but global culture û both 'high' and 'low.' Armoured with his philosophical nunchakus, Bowman goes to battle with anyone who may doubt Lee's ongoing importance, and this book will undoubtedly become essential reading for everyone (from philosopher to kung fu practitioner) interested in popular culture and Asian cinema."ûGina Marchetti (University of Hong Kong), author of Romance and the "Yellow Peril": Race, Sex and Discursive Strategies in Hollywood Fiction, and From Tian'anmen to Times Square: Transnational China and the Chinese Diaspora on Global Screens, 1989-1997. -- |
Contents
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Chapter Three FantasyFighting | 39 |
Contingency Universality and Narcissistic Violence | 124 |
Interpellating the Dragon | 151 |
Bruce Lees Bamboo from Kill Bill to Fight Club | 158 |
Chapter Four FightingPhilosophy | 165 |
The Undecidability of Bruce | 172 |
Forget Teaching and Learning | 224 |
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