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date: 24 May 2022

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This article discusses the Chinese action image in global entertainment. It looks at the different phases Chinese action images have gone through over the years, from the first appearance of Jackie Chan and Bruce Lee to their incorporation within a Hollywood production. The article also examines the genealogy of the martial arts, or wu xia culture, in order to gain a full implication of the Chinese action images in postmodernity.

Keywords: Chinese action image, global entertainment, genealogy, martial arts, wu xia culture, postmodernity

Evans Chan

Evans Chan (www.evanschan.com), New York-based critic and filmmaker, is originally from Hong Kong. Chan's filmography includes four narrative features: To Liv(e) (1991) , Crossings (1994) , Bauhinia (2002), and The Map of Sex and Love (2001)—and five documentaries, including Journey to Beijing (1998), Adeus Macau (2000), and The Life and Times of Wu Zhong Xin (2003). His most recent documentary, Sorceress of the New Piano, was released on DVD by Mode Records in 2008 and his filming of Tan's performance of George Crumb's Makrokosmos I & II can also be found on DVD. Chan has edited and translated (into Chinese) two books by Susan Sontag.

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