Chinese Martial Arts Cinema: The Wuxia Tradition - Paperback
by Stephen Teo
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Availability:In StockContributor:Stephen TeoSeries:Traditions in World CinemaPublish date:2015-11-13Pages:272
Language:EnglishPublisher:Edinburgh University PressISBN-13:9781474400084ISBN-10:1474400086UPC:9781474400084Book Category:Performing ArtsBook Subcategory:FilmBook Topic:History & CriticismSize:9.10 x 6.10 x 0.70 inchesWeight:1.0516Product ID:SCA3FB792G
Chinese Martial Arts Cinema: The Wuxia Tradition
This is the first comprehensive, fully-researched account of the historical and contemporary development of the traditional martial arts genre in the Chinese cinema known as wuxia (literal translation: martial chivalry) - a genre which audiences around the world became familiar with through the phenomenal 'crossover' hit Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000). The book unveils rich layers of the...
Series: Traditions in World Cinema
Language:EnglishPublisher:Edinburgh University PressISBN-13:9781474400084ISBN-10:1474400086UPC:9781474400084Book Category:Performing ArtsBook Subcategory:FilmBook Topic:History & CriticismSize:9.10 x 6.10 x 0.70 inchesWeight:1.0516Product ID:SCA3FB792G
Stephen Teo is currently associate professor at the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, and a senior research associate of the RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia. He is the author of Hong Kong Cinema: The Extra Dimensions (British Film Institute, 1997), Wong Kar-wai (BFI, 2005), King Hu's A Touch of Zen (Hong Kong University Press,...
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
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