Chinese martial arts cinema the Wuxia tradition /

• Main Author: Teo, Stephen, (Author)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2009]
• Series: Traditions in world cinema.
• Subjects: Geschichte 1920-2002; Martial arts > In motion pictures.; Martial arts > China.; Motion pictures > China.; PERFORMING ARTS > Reference. > Film & Video; PERFORMING ARTS > History & Criticism. > Film & Video; Film.; Kampfsport (Motiv); China.; Electronic books.
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"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...

Table of Contents:

• 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.