Chinese Martial Arts Cinema: The Wuxia Tradition
Author:   Stephen Teo (Associate Professor at the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University)
Publisher:   Edinburgh University Press
Edition:   2nd edition
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9781474403863


Pages:   272
Publication Date:   13 November 2015
Format:   Hardback
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Chinese Martial Arts Cinema: The Wuxia Tradition


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Author:   Stephen Teo (Associate Professor at the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University)
Publisher:   Edinburgh University Press
Imprint:   Edinburgh University Press
Edition:   2nd edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.559kg
ISBN:  

9781474403863


ISBN 10:   1474403867
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   13 November 2015
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Part I: History and Development; 1. Introduction; 2. Wuxia from Literature to Cinema; 3. Reactions against the Wuxia Genre; 4. The Wuxia Genre Shifts Ground; 5. The Rise of Kung Fu, from Wong Fei-hung to Bruce Lee; Part II: The New School and Beyond; 6. The Rise of New School Wuxia; 7. The Wuxia Films of King Hu; 8. A Touch of Zen and the Moral Dilemma of the Female Knight-Errant; 9. Wuxia after A Touch of Zen; 10. Wuxia between Nationalism and Transnationalism; Glossary; Filmography; Works Cited.

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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, 2006), and Director in Action: Johnnie To and the Hong Kong Action Film (Hong Kong University Press, 2007).

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