The Cultural Identity Of Chinese Kung Fu Image In Hollywood Movies Has Changed

Chinese Kungfu is a typical representative of Chinese culture which makes Chinese culture known all over the world.The movies play an important role when Chinese Kungfu spreads to the word.Hollywood,the world's leading film producer,has produced Kungfu film of Bruce Lee since the early 1970 s.After that,Hollywood continues to make some elements of Kungfu joined in its movies and create different kinds of Kungfu images.With the advent of the age,the Kungfu images are still changing.From the perspective of cultural identity,Kungfu images in Hollywood movies is the product of the collision and fusion between Chinese and American culture,and the evolution of Kungfu images reflect the change of American cognition and attitude towards Chinese culture.In this essay,the author select Chinese Kungfu image which has appeared in Hollywood movies for nearly half a century as research subject,and make comparison with Hong Kong Kungfu movies in same period.Then focus on studying Chinese Kungfu images from longitudinal and horizontal aspects in Hollywood and to discuss the cultural identity of Chinese Kungfu images in Hollywood movies,and try to analysis the reasons and characteristics which effect the changes.This paper includes five parts.The first chapter is the preface,including the background and significance of the study,literature review,the definition of the concepts which related in this essay and the scope and methods of the research.The second chapter briefly discusses Kungfu movies which are native to China and then develop in Hollywood.The third chapter is the core part of this article;the article elaborates the Kungfu images in the Hollywood movies from four different periods,and makes a horizontal comparison with the kung fu images in Hong Kong Kungfu movies.Illustrated the Kungfu images' cultural identity change in the four different periods,which experienced from "demonized" image of "Yellow Peril”,to subvert” the sick man of East Asia “image of hero,to break the traditional code hero image of the grassroots,and in the perspective of globalization diversified image of Kungfu.Then the author point out that these images have the characteristics of stationary,difference,marginality and acceptance and analysis the reason of the formation of these different types and features: on the one hand,the Kungfu images is the result of the competition between American and Chinese culture;On the other hand,in the process of globalization which driven by the market economy,the Hollywood add more heterogeneous color into its movies and make great process.The fourth chapter is discussing the Hollywood which representative of American culture to show its attitude towards Chinese culture in the process of shaping the image of Kungfu.The fifth chapter is the conclusion;summarize the cultural identity changes of Chinese Kungfu image in Hollywood movies at first,and then point out that the cultural identity of Kungfu images in Hollywood movie is the results of two kinds of cultural checks and balances between China and America.At last the article will point out the shortcomings of this study and future research directions.