Abstract
'Kung fu', as a cultural imaginary consecrated in Hong Kong cinema since the 1970s, was constituted in a flux of nationalism during the historical process whereby China catches up with modernity. More specifically, it is a continuous and paradoxical cultural intervention useful for problematizing 'traditional heritage' in modem life. Partially, it constitutes the Hong Kong imaginary by negotiating the complex and conflicting experience of colonial modernity and post-coloniality.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Asian cinemas : a reader and guide |
| Publisher | Edinburgh University Press |
| Pages | 100-125 |
| Number of pages | 26 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780748617760 |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2006 |