"Like Water: A Cultural History of Bruce Lee" with Dr. Daryl Maeda
A virtual conversation with Dr. Daryl Maeda, Author of "Like Water: A Culture History of Bruce Lee" on Tuesday, November 1, 2022.
[video:https://youtu.be/bSYgkbdHzQQ]
"Like Water: A Cultural History of Bruce Lee" event recording
Recommendations:
- Bruce Lee bio (recommended by Dr. Daryl Maeda): Bruce Lee: A Life by Matthew Polly
- History of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders through a lens of the Pacific: American History Unbound: Asians and Pacific Islanders by Gary Y. Okihiro (Author & Historian)
- “Transpacific Studies”, an imprint dedicated by UC Press: Transpacific Studies Series
- Asian American Masculinity (CNN Article): The desexualization of the Asian American male
- The significance of cross-racial and global connections with Kung Fu and Bruce Lee: Everybody Was Kung Fu Fighting: Afro-Asian Connections and the Myth of Cultural Purity by Vijay Prasha
- Book based on Jeremy Lin (nicknamed "Linsanity") in fiction form: The Sense of Wonder, by Matthew Salessess (Jan 17, 2022)
- Alien Encounters by Mimi Nguyen
About the Event:
The CHA and partners hosted virtual discussion with Dr. Daryl Maeda's on his most recent book, "Like Water: A Cultural History of Bruce Lee." An Asian and Asian American icon of unimaginable stature and influence, Bruce Lee revolutionized the martial arts by combining influences drawn from around the world. By blending cultural history with biography, "Like Water" unearths the cultural strands that Lee intertwined in his rise to global stardom. This speaking engagement was moderated by Dr. Stanley Thangaraj of Stonehill College's Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity, and Social Justice. This virtual event was on November 1, 2022 at 9AM MT on Zoom and was open to the public.
The first 80 registrants who are affiliated with CU Boulder (faculty, staff or student) received a FREE copy of "Like Water". You must be willing to come to campus to pick up the book. Please be sure to use your CU email address when registering.