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

• Main Author: Yeo, Ronnie See Heng.
• Other Authors: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Humanities
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/52233
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

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...