Eduardo González de la Fuente

Associate Professor at Kanazawa University.
Sociologist. Martial arts and popular culture. Okinawan studies.

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His lastest publications deal with topics such as the hippies, the New Physics, and DC’s Karate Kid (1960s-1970s); early Mexican luchadores cinema and Japanese martial arts (1950s-1960s); or a grindhouse supernatural kung fu mexicanime that aired on Netflix in 2019.

Besides excavating in contemporary pop culture, he also enjoys reflecting on issues like décolonialité et arts martiaux; religion, identity, and heritage in karate; martial arts tourism in Okinawa; or Jack London’s boxing literature.