Reading Rey Chow

This is the first book-length study of the groundbreaking work of Rey Chow, whose work has transformed the fields of postcolonialism, cultural studies, film, ethnicity and gender. It describes and explains the features and the breadth of Chow's interventions and illustrates Chow's arguments by analysis of a range of engaging examples drawn from the fields of film, popular music, identity and popular culture.

Autorentext

Paul Bowman teaches cultural studies at Cardiff University, United Kingdom. He is the author of many academic books, including Post-Marxism versus Cultural Studies and, most recently, Beyond Bruce Lee: Chasing the Dragon through Film, Philosophy and Popular Culture.

Zusammenfassung
A study of the work of Rey Chow, whose work has transformed the fields of postcolonialism, cultural studies, film, ethnicity and gender. It illustrates her contributions to scholarship and knowledge across many different fields by arguing that her work can best be understood in relation to the projects of cultural studies and postcolonial studies.

Inhalt

Contents: Rey Chow Reading Postcolonialism and Poststructuralism Gender, Race, Ethnicity and Visual Culture Rey Chow s Method and the Orientations of Cultural Studies Rey Chow s Cultural Translation Rey Chow s Alter-Native Conclusions