Description: Explores the revolutionary potential of Bruce Lee and hip hop culture in the context of anti-globalization struggles and transnational capitalism
Brief description: M. T. Kato is an independent scholar and activist living in Hawaii.
Review Quotes:
"Kato's terrific book provides a rich analysis not only of Bruce Lee movies, but also of the political, economic, and cultural context in which they were produced. I learned a tremendous amount from this book--particularly the very innovative linkages made between the films and East Asian political economy." -- Vijay Prashad, author of Everybody Was Kung Fu Fighting: Afro-Asian Connections and the Myth of Cultural Purity
"The book is extremely timely in its focus on the political potential of popular culture for sustaining old social movements and for developing new ones that cross national boundaries in the way that film and hip hop culture have." -- Nitasha Sharma, Northwestern University