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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824031803321

Autore

Teo Stephen

Titolo

Chinese martial arts cinema : the Wuxia tradition / / Stephen Teo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , [2016]

©2016

ISBN

1-4744-0009-4

1-78539-770-2

1-4744-0388-3

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (272 p.)

Collana

Traditions in World Cinema

Disciplina

791.436579

Soggetti

Martial arts films - China - History and criticism

Martial arts - China

China

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

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

Sommario/riassunto

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).