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The Creation of Wing Chun
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 366

The Creation of Wing Chun

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2015-07-21
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  • Publisher: SUNY Press

Looks at southern Chinese martial arts traditions and how they have become important to local identity and narratives of resistance. This book explores the social history of southern Chinese martial arts and their contemporary importance to local identity and narratives of resistance. Hong Kong’s Bruce Lee ushered the Chinese martial arts onto an international stage in the 1970s. Lee’s teacher, Ip Man, master of Wing Chun Kung Fu, has recently emerged as a highly visible symbol of southern Chinese identity and pride. Benjamin N. Judkins and Jon Nielson examine the emergence of Wing Chun to reveal how this body of social practices developed and why individuals continue to turn to the martial arts as they navigate the challenges of a rapidly evolving environment. After surveying the development of hand combat traditions in Guangdong Province from roughly the start of the nineteenth century until 1949, the authors turn to Wing Chun, noting its development, the changing social attitudes towards this practice over time, and its ultimate emergence as a global art form.

The Soundies
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 2077

The Soundies

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2023-04-19
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  • Publisher: McFarland

The 1940s saw a brief audacious experiment in mass entertainment: a jukebox with a screen. Patrons could insert a dime, then listen to and watch such popular entertainers as Nat "King" Cole, Gene Krupa, Cab Calloway or Les Paul. A number of companies offered these tuneful delights, but the most successful was the Mills Novelty Company and its three-minute musical shorts called Soundies. This book is a complete filmography of 1,880 Soundies: the musicians heard and seen on screen, recording and filming dates, arrangers, soloists, dancers, entertainment trade reviews and more. Additional filmographies cover more than 80 subjects produced by other companies. There are 125 photos taken on film sets, along with advertising images and production documents. More than 75 interviews narrate the firsthand experiences and recollections of Soundies directors and participants. Forty years before MTV, the Soundies were there for those who loved the popular music of the 1940s. This was truly "music for the eyes."

Rates, Trends, Causes, and Consequences of Urban Land-use Change in the United States
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 440

Rates, Trends, Causes, and Consequences of Urban Land-use Change in the United States

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2006
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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CRREL Report
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 686

CRREL Report

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1987
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Hearings, Reports and Prints of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 1794
Black Enterprise
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 160

Black Enterprise

  • Type: Magazine
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  • Published: 1997-12
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  • Publisher: Unknown

BLACK ENTERPRISE is the ultimate source for wealth creation for African American professionals, entrepreneurs and corporate executives. Every month, BLACK ENTERPRISE delivers timely, useful information on careers, small business and personal finance.

Black Enterprise
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 160

Black Enterprise

  • Type: Magazine
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  • Published: 1997-12
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  • Publisher: Unknown

BLACK ENTERPRISE is the ultimate source for wealth creation for African American professionals, entrepreneurs and corporate executives. Every month, BLACK ENTERPRISE delivers timely, useful information on careers, small business and personal finance.