Watching Hong Kong martial arts film under apartheid.

Since its initial popularization in Africa during the 1970s, Hong Kong martial arts cinema has enjoyed remarkably consistent popularity. This paper analyses some of the causes for this phenomenon by focusing on the consumption of Hong Kong martial arts cinema in South Africa during apartheid. It arg...

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Published in:	Journal of African Cultural Studies Vol. 29; no. 1; pp. 46 - 63
Main Author:	van Staden, Cobus
Format:	Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis Ltd Mar2017
Subjects:	Hong Kong (China) Apartheid Consumption (Economics) Popularity Martial arts in motion pictures Chinese films
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost