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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781323503321

Autore

Szeto Kin-Yan <1971->

Titolo

The martial arts cinema of the Chinese diaspora [[electronic resource] ] : Ang Lee, John Woo, and Jackie Chan in Hollywood / / Kin-Yan Szeto

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Carbondale, : Southern Illinois University Press, 2011

ISBN

1-280-69701-6

9786613673978

0-8093-8620-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (185 p.)

Disciplina

791.43/657

Soggetti

Martial arts films - United States - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : cosmopolitical consciousness and martial arts cinema -- The martial arts cinema of the Chinese diaspora and Hollywood -- Ang Lee's Crouching tiger, hidden dragon in a cosmopolitical perspective -- Facing off east and west in the cinema of John Woo -- Jackie Chan's transnational film trajectory and politics of comic displacement -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

In The Martial Arts Cinema of the Chinese Diaspora, Kin-Yan Szeto critically examines three of the most internationally famous martial arts film artists to arise out of the Chinese diaspora and travel far from their homelands to find commercial success in the world at large: Ang Lee, John Woo, and Jackie Chan. Positing the idea that these filmmakers' success is evidence of a ""cosmopolitical awareness"" arising from their cross-cultural ideological engagements and geopolitical displacements, Szeto demonstrates how this unique perspective allows these three filmmakers to develop and