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 th...
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| Format: | Electronic |
| Language: | English |
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press,
[2009]
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| Series: | Traditions in world cinema.
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| Online Access: | View fulltext via EzAccess |
| Summary: | "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 wuxia tradition as it developed in the early Shanghai cinema in the late 1920s, and from the 1950s onwards, in the Hong Kong and Taiwan film industries"--Provided by publisher. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 230 pages). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 200-213) and index. Includes filmography (pages 214-219). |
| ISBN: | 9780748632510 (electronic bk.) 0748632514 (electronic bk.) |