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UNINA9910824031803321 |
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Autore |
Teo Stephen |
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Titolo |
Chinese martial arts cinema : the Wuxia tradition / / Stephen Teo |
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Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , [2016] |
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©2016 |
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ISBN |
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1-4744-0009-4 |
1-78539-770-2 |
1-4744-0388-3 |
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Edizione |
[2nd ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (272 p.) |
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Collana |
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Traditions in World Cinema |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Martial arts films - China - History and criticism |
Martial arts - China |
China |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Traditions in World Cinema -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 1. Wuxia from Literature to Cinema -- 2. Reactions against the Wuxia Genre -- 3. The Rise of Kung Fu, from Wong Fei-hung to Bruce Lee -- 4. The Rise of New School Wuxia -- 5. The Wuxia Films of King Hu -- 6. Wuxia after A Touch of Zen -- 7. Wuxia between Nationalism and Transnationalism -- 8. Wuxia and Kung Fu in the Blockbuster Era -- Epilogue -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Filmography -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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A study of the Chinese martial arts film focusing on the wuxia (martial chivalry) genre from its beginnings in the Shanghai cinema of the late 1920s to Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) and Zhang Yimou's Hero (2002) and House of Flying Daggers (2004). |
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