Wayne Wong
Biographic Data
| ID | 4064285 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Wayne Wong |
| GIVEN NAMES | Wayne |
| FAMILY NAME | Wong |
| SIGNATURE | WONG W |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Sheffield |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6472-8522 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Martial Arts Ecology
Proposes a new approach to studying martial arts cinema as part of the media ecology by locating various manifestations of tranquility in action Shifts the discussion of action aesthetics in martial arts cinema from predominant frameworks such as authenticity and expressivity to tranquility Introduces the concept of ideation ( yi ) as a central tradition in martial arts cinema, complementing the dominant chivalry ( xia ) tradition Offers a critic…
Embodied resistance
This paper examines how protest art and community art intersect as complementary strategies for articulating diasporic identity within the Hong Kong diaspora in the UK. While protest art, often defined by its bold visual icons related to the 2019 protests, serves as a direct expression of political resistance, community art fosters belonging through collaboration and relational aesthetics. This paper argues that both approaches employ affective, …
A Tale of Two Dragons
This article argues that the effacement of the carnivalesque qualities in contemporary kung fu comedy films due to censorship and propaganda presents a dilemma for China’s culturally conservative soft power agenda. Alluding to Mikhail Bakhtin’s idea of carnival, the highly adaptive yet grotesque kung fu comedic body in late 1970s Hong Kong poses a challenge to the austere image of traditional kung fu masters established after 1949. With China’s a…
Nothingness in motion
This article argues that Bruce Lee revolutionized kung fu cinema not only by increasing its authenticity and combativity but also by revealing its inherent connection to wuyi (武意), or martial ideation. Martial ideation refers to a specific negotiation of action and stasis in martial arts performance which contains a powerful overflow of emotion in tranquility. Since the early 1970s, Bruce Lee’s kung fu films have been labeled “chop-socky,” offeri…
Synthesizing Zhenshi (authenticity) and Shizhan (combativity)
This article argues that Donnie Yen’s Ip Man series (2008-2015) synthesizes two predominant unarmed, hand-to-hand combat traditions of Hong Kong martial arts cinema – what I call zhenshi (authenticity) and shizhan (combativity), represented by the series of kung fu films featuring Kwan Tak-hing as the legendary Wong Fei-hung and the martial arts action films of Bruce Lee respectively. Despite kung fu cinema’s claim to ‘realism’ since its concepti…
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Synthesizing Zhenshi (authenticity) and Shizhan (combativity)
This article argues that Donnie Yen’s Ip Man series (2008-2015) synthesizes two predominant unarmed, hand-to-hand combat traditions of Hong Kong martial arts cinema – what I call zhenshi (authenticity) and shizhan (combativity), represented by the series of kung fu films featuring Kwan Tak-hing as the legendary Wong Fei-hung and the martial arts action films of Bruce Lee respectively. Despite kung fu cinema’s claim to ‘realism’ since its concepti…
Nothingness in motion
This article argues that Bruce Lee revolutionized kung fu cinema not only by increasing its authenticity and combativity but also by revealing its inherent connection to wuyi (武意), or martial ideation. Martial ideation refers to a specific negotiation of action and stasis in martial arts performance which contains a powerful overflow of emotion in tranquility. Since the early 1970s, Bruce Lee’s kung fu films have been labeled “chop-socky,” offeri…
A Tale of Two Dragons
This article argues that the effacement of the carnivalesque qualities in contemporary kung fu comedy films due to censorship and propaganda presents a dilemma for China’s culturally conservative soft power agenda. Alluding to Mikhail Bakhtin’s idea of carnival, the highly adaptive yet grotesque kung fu comedic body in late 1970s Hong Kong poses a challenge to the austere image of traditional kung fu masters established after 1949. With China’s a…
Embodied resistance
This paper examines how protest art and community art intersect as complementary strategies for articulating diasporic identity within the Hong Kong diaspora in the UK. While protest art, often defined by its bold visual icons related to the 2019 protests, serves as a direct expression of political resistance, community art fosters belonging through collaboration and relational aesthetics. This paper argues that both approaches employ affective, …
Martial Arts Ecology
Proposes a new approach to studying martial arts cinema as part of the media ecology by locating various manifestations of tranquility in action Shifts the discussion of action aesthetics in martial arts cinema from predominant frameworks such as authenticity and expressivity to tranquility Introduces the concept of ideation ( yi ) as a central tradition in martial arts cinema, complementing the dominant chivalry ( xia ) tradition Offers a critic…
Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics (5 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Art (3 works) · Literature (3 works) · Martial arts (3 works) · Asian Culture and Media Studies (2 works) · Chinese history and philosophy (2 works) · Cinema and Media Studies (2 works) · Embodied cognition (2 works) · Movie theater (2 works)