Water Mirror Echo by Jeff Chang

Bruce Lee and the Making of Asian America

Water Mirror Echo is a cultural biography of Bruce Lee that follows his journey from segregated San Francisco and a youth in Hong Kong to his return to the United States and emergence as a global figure. Jeff Chang examines how Lee popularized martial arts in the West, bridged Eastern and Western perspectives, and helped shape early ideas of Asian American identity, drawing on interviews, personal documents, and family photographs.

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Published
2025
Nationality
American
Length
Long
Pages
560
Original Language
English
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