Legacies of The Drunken Master: Politics of the Body In Hong Kong Kung Fu Comedy Film

[cranefly]

Legacies of The Drunken Master: Politics of the Body In Hong Kong Kung Fu Comedy Films (2020) by Luke White

That's the full title and author, which wouldn't fit in the subject line.

No, I have not read this.  I just learned of its existence.  I'm exploring the best way to get a copy.  Consider this a placeholder.

(I was searching for "Pasolini martial arts" after reading that Pasolini was supposedly a "Karate expert," and the author discusses Pasolini and his works in this -- though not certain it touches on his martial arts.  Who woulda thunk?)

Theoretically rich and critical, Legacies of the Drunken Master aims to be at the forefront of scholarship on martial arts cinema. It also addresses readers with a broader interest in Hong Kong culture and politics during the 1970s and 1980s, postcolonialism in East Asia, and action and comedy films in a global context—as well as those fascinated with the performing body in the martial arts.

From what I've glimpsed, it's a densely scholarly work.

[Drunk Monk]

University of Hawai'i Press. They've published some excellent academic works. That also means it'll be expensive and tough to get without paying full price. 

This is one of those 'if I only thought of that in grad school, I coulda got that Phd'. But no. I was before my time that way. 

If I wasn't so Ronin, I would pursue this author and try to get a reader's copy.  But I got so much to read now other than this. Gotta get my head back into TCM.