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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Main Author: Teo, Stephen, (Author)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2009]
Series:Traditions in world cinema.
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505 0 # |a Introduction -- Wuxia from literature to cinema -- Reactions against the Wuxia genre -- The rise of Kung Fu, from Wong Fei-hung to Bruce Lee -- The rise of New School Wuxia -- The Wuxia films of King Hu -- Wuxia after A touch of Zen -- Wuxia between nationalism and transnationalism. 
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