Kyle Barrowman

Kyle Barrowman received his PhD from Cardiff University, his MA from the University of Chicago and his BA from Columbia College Chicago (where he also teaches). His research interests include film studies (particularly genre theory, authorship, and aesthetics), philosophy (particularly the writings of Ludwig Wittgenstein, J.L. Austin, and Stanley Cavell) and martial arts (particularly the genre of martial arts cinema and the sport of MMA).

Recent Publications

Books (Edited)

• ReFocus: The Films of Kon Ichikawa (Edinburgh University Press, forthcoming).
• Fighting Stars: Stardom and Reception in Hong Kong Martial Arts Cinema (Bloomsbury, forthcoming).

Book Chapters (Authored)

• "Descendant of the Dragon: Stephen Chow, Postmodernism, and the Legacy of Bruce Lee," in The Cinema of Stephen Chow (Bloomsbury, forthcoming).
• "More than Meets the Eye: Perspectives on William Wyler and the Auteur Theory," ReFocus: The Films of William Wyler (Edinburgh University Press, forthcoming).
• "Origins of the Action Film: Types, Tropes, and Techniques in Early Film History," A Companion to the Action Film.

Journal Issues (Edited)

• "Bruce Lee's Media Legacies," Global Media and China 4.3.
• "Bruce Lee's Martial Legacies," Martial Arts Studies 8.

Journal Articles (Authored)

• "Illustrating Isolation: Visual Strategies in the Films of Kon Ichikawa," Asian Cinema (Forthcoming).
• "The Availability of Jim Jarmusch's Film-Philosophy: Wittgenstein, Derrida, and Private Language in Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai," Film-Philosophy 26.3 (Forthcoming).
• "Reconsidering Remarriage: Stanley Cavell and the Vicissitudes of Genre," New Review of Film and Television Studies (Forthcoming).
• "A Pitch of Polemics: Stanley Cavell and the Sound(s) of Scholarship," New Review of Film and Television Studies Blog.
• "How to Do Things with Camera Movement," Senses of Cinema 101.
• "A Plea for Intention: Stanley Cavell and Ordinary Aesthetic Philosophy," Movie: A Journal of Film Criticism 9.
• "Inventing MMA: Martial Arts between Culture, Media and Sport," Kung Fu Tea: Martial Arts History, Wing Chun and Chinese Martial Studies.
• "Otto Preminger and the Moving Camera: Feminist Attunement in Whirlpool," Mise-en-scène: The Journal of Film & Visual Narration 5.2.