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Type of Document Thesis Author Edwards, Cutler Author's Email Address sectorc@yahoo.com URN etd-11142005-144636 Title Kung-Fu Cowboy to Bronx B-Boys: Heroes and the Birth of Hip Hop Culture Degree Master of Arts Department History, Department of Advisory Committee
Advisor Name Title Neil Jumonville Committee Chair Matt Childs Committee Member Maxine D. Jones Committee Member Keywords
- Chinese Cinema
- Chinese Film
- Asian Film
- Dance
- Hiphop
- Hip-Hop
- Rap
- Breakdancing
- Martial Arts
- Bboy
- Breakdance
- Breaking
- African American Dance
- Popular Culture
Date of Defense 2005-10-19 Availability unrestricted Abstract The scholarly study of hip hop is still in its infancy, and the focus in 2005 still rests largely upon African roots. However, many influences helped to shape hip hop culture in New York during its formative period in the 1970s. One of the most important of these was the Chinese kung-fu film, and the kung-fu heroes upon whom this cinema centered. Rather than being seen as a foreign concept, the kung-fu hero fit into American culture as an ideological descendant of the mythological American cowboy. By tracing the history of the cowboy as American hero and then investigating the similarities between cowboy hero and kung-fu hero, the reasons for the kung-fu hero’s acceptance in America, particularly by minority audiences, become clear. Finally, an analysis of the movement in kung-fu films and hip hop dance (called breaking or b-boying), reveals how the kung-fu hero affected the development of hip hop culture, and its aesthetic and philosophical underpinnings.Files
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