Reading Rey Chow

Paul Bowman teaches cultural studies at Cardiff University, United Kingdom. He is the author of many academic books, including Post-Marxism versus Cultural Studies and, most recently, Beyond Bruce Lee: Chasing the Dragon through Film, Philosophy and Popular Culture.

«Paul Bowman’s Reading Rey Chow is a lucid exposition and critical framing of the work of one of the key figures in contemporary cultural and postcolonial studies. This book will be required reading for anyone engaging with this body of writing that develops a sustained and critical alternative to the canon of high theory.» (John Frow, University of Sydney)«[This book] offers a complete introduction to Chow’s works, showing the originality of her scholarship for cultural studies, postcolonialism and visual studies. Reading Rey Chow focuses on the continuous relocations and excesses that Chow provokes in critical theory through the force of her incisive analyses.» (Patrizia Calefato, Università degli studi di Bari Aldo Moro, Italy)

• Contents: Rey Chow Reading Postcolonialism and Poststructuralism – Gender, Race, Ethnicity and Visual Culture – Rey Chow’s Method and the Orientations of Cultural Studies – Rey Chow’s Cultural Translation –Rey Chow’s Alter-Native Conclusions