The construction of an ethnic Chinese identity in Hong Kong Kung Fu films.

The construction of an ethnic Chinese identity in Hong Kong Kung Fu films.

This dissertation argues that these films contribute to the construction of Chinese identity in two ways. Firstly, the films show the Chinese rebutting Orientalist clichés while asserting Chinese values. Secondly, the films show the Chinese reflecting upon their values and recognizing a need to rein...

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Main Author: Yeo, Ronnie See Heng.
Other Authors: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Format: Final Year Project
Language:English
Published: 2013
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DRNTU::Humanities
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/52233
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English
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Summary:This dissertation argues that these films contribute to the construction of Chinese identity in two ways. Firstly, the films show the Chinese rebutting Orientalist clichés while asserting Chinese values. Secondly, the films show the Chinese reflecting upon their values and recognizing a need to reinvent some of these values to adapt to their respective societies, thus actively constructing a Chinese identity.

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