The Inspiration of Kung Fu to Hip Hop: What is it With Hip-Hop and Kung Fu Anyway?

This book takes a gander at the progressive capability of mainstream society in the sociohistorical setting of globalization. The creator inspects Bruce Lee's films, the nonconformist feel of Jimi Hendrix, and the independence of the hip bounce country to uncover the developing progressive worldview in mainstream society. The examination is contextualized in a conversation of social developments from the famous battle against neoimperialism in Asia, to the antiglobalization developments in the Third World, and to the worldwide mainstream partnerships for the recreation of an elective world. Kato presents famous social upset as a perfect representation of decolonization battles in a period of globalization, where dynamic creative articulations are lined up with new methods of subjectivity and aggregate personality.

"Kato's fabulous book gives a rich investigation of Bruce Lee films, yet in addition to the political, financial, and social setting in which they were delivered. I took in a gigantic sum from this book—especially the extremely creative linkages made between the movies and East Asian political economy." — Vijay Prashad, writer of Everybody Was Kung Fu Fighting: Afro-Asian Connections and the Myth of Cultural Purity

"The book is incredibly convenient in its attention on the political capability of mainstream society for continuing old social developments and for growing new ones that cross-national limits in the manner that film and hip jump culture have."