Lecture 6

Martial Arts and Chinese Nationalism

Iron Monkey

 

1.  Martial arts films

 

Opera and street performance

 

Hong Kong vs. PRC films

 

Recent trends

 

 

2.  Themes in martial arts movies

 

Revenge stories

 

Historical themes

 

Mystical themes and “wire-fu”

 

 

3.  Religious ideas in martial arts

 

Shaolin monks

 

Daoism

 

Confucians and bandits

 

 

4.  The historical Huang Feihong

 

 

5.  What to look for…