Considers the significance of female Chinese action stars in national and transnational contexts.

Lisa Funnell is Assistant Professor in the Women's and Gender Studies Program at the University of Oklahoma, where she is also an affiliated faculty member of the Film and Media Studies Program and the Center for Social Justice. She is the coeditor (with Philippa Gates) of Transnational Asian Identities in Pan-Pacific Cinemas: The Reel Asian Exchange.