文档介绍：F R O M
K U N G F U
T O
H I P H O P
Globalization, Revolution,
and Popular Culture
M . T . K A T O
From Kung Fu to Hip Hop
SUNY series
EXPLORATIONS
in
POSTCOLONIAL STUDIES
Emmanuel C. Eze and Arif Dirlik, Editors
plete listing of books in this series
can be found at the end of this volume.
From Kung Fu
to
Hip Hop
Globalization, Revolution, and Popular Culture
M. T. KATO
State University of New York Press
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Kato, M. T., 1961–
From Kung Fu to Hip Hop : globalization, revolution, and popular culture / M. T. Kato.
p. cm. —(SUNY series, explorations in postcolonial studies)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN-13: 978-0-7914-6991-0 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN-13: 978-0-7914-6992-7 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1. Popular culture. 2. Mass media and culture. 3. Mass media—Social aspects. 4. Kung fu.
5. Lee, Bruce, 1940–1973. 6. Hip-hop. 7. Hendrix, Jimi. 8. Globalization. I. Title. II. Series.
2007
—dc22
2006010146
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
For Li‘a and her ancestral spirits
Contents
List of Illustrations ix
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction: On Popular Cultural Revolution 1
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