{"product_id":"stateless-subjects-chinese-martial-arts-literature-and-postcolonial-history","title":"Stateless Subjects","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKnown in the West primarily through poorly subtitled films, Chinese martial arts fiction is one of the most iconic and yet the most understudied form of modern sinophone creativity. \u003c\/b\u003eCurrent scholarship on the subject is characterized by three central assumptions against which this book argues: first, that martial arts fiction is the representation of a bodily spectacle that historically originated in Hong Kong cinema; second, that the genre came into being as an escapist fantasy that provided psychological comfort to people during the height of imperialism; and third, that martial arts fiction reflects a patriotic attitude that celebrates the greatness of Chinese culture, which in turn is variously described as the China-complex, colonial modernity, essentialized identity, diasporic consciousness, anxieties about globalization, or other psychological and ideological difficulties experienced by the Chinese people.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32019382370387,"sku":"9781933947624","price":26.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781933947624_a95da964-0f8f-44fd-a091-d3183774fc4e.jpg?v=1779858955","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/stateless-subjects-chinese-martial-arts-literature-and-postcolonial-history","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}