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  Re: Super Fly and the American Dream: Performing Asian Martial Arts in Blaxploitation Cinema

  Martial Arts as Subaltern Signifier

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  Celeste A. Fisher Notre Dame of Maryland University

  Tuesday, December 18, 2012 — 10:28 pm

  Thank you so much for your comment on my post. I think it is safe to say that Priest's combined use of martial arts and street fighting is the result of his status as a relatively inexperienced student of the craft. One could also argue that there is ...
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  Re: Super Fly and the American Dream: Performing Asian Martial Arts in Blaxploitation Cinema

  Black Belt Jones

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  Celeste A. Fisher Notre Dame of Maryland University

  Tuesday, December 18, 2012 — 5:34 pm

  Yes, a school of martial arts. It is seen a site of resistance. Also, thank you for pointing out the connection between Robert Moses and the gentrification subplot. That's exactly what I'm interested in. I'll have to look at that again. ...