{"product_id":"warrior-women-lisa-funnell-9781438452487","title":"Warrior Women: Gender, Race, and the Transnational Chinese Action Star","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eConsiders the significance of female Chinese action stars in national and transnational contexts.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the 2014 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeWord\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e IndieFab Book of the Year Award in the Women's Studies Category\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBronze Medalist, 2015 Independent Publisher Book Awards in the Women Issues Category\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinnerof the 2015 Emily Toth Award presented by the Popular Culture Association \u003c\/b\u003e\u0026amp;\u003cb\u003e American Culture Association \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWarrior Women\u003c\/i\u003e considers the significance of Chinese female action stars in martial arts films produced across a range of national and transnational contexts. Lisa Funnell examines the impact of the 1997 transfer of Hong Kong from British to Chinese rule on the representation of Chinese identities-Hong Kong Chinese, mainland Chinese, Chinese American, Chinese Canadian-in action films produced domestically in Hong Kong and, increasingly, in cooperation with mainland China and Hollywood. Hong Kong cinema has offered space for the development of transnational Chinese screen identities that challenge the racial stereotypes historically associated with the Asian female body in the West. The ethnic\/national differentiation of transnational Chinese female stars-such as Pei Pei Cheng, Charlene Choi, Gong Li, Lucy Liu, Shu Qi, Michelle Yeoh, and Zhang Ziyi-is considered part of the ongoing negotiation of social, cultural, and geopolitical identities in the Chinese-speaking world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lisa Funnell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1438452489\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781438452487\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/02\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 294\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.92lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.90d","brand":"Lisa Funnell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48444871344383,"sku":"9781438452487","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c38244f0-1f45-41b2-8ea6-224cf26e34b7.jpg?v=1777215115","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/warrior-women-lisa-funnell-9781438452487","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}