02712nam 2200565 a 450 991045710750332120200520144314.01-280-69701-697866136739780-8093-8620-8(CKB)2550000000039156(EBL)1354612(OCoLC)742517204(SSID)ssj0000538935(PQKBManifestationID)11334174(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000538935(PQKBWorkID)10568806(PQKB)10296456(MiAaPQ)EBC1354612(MdBmJHUP)muse3615(Au-PeEL)EBL1354612(CaPaEBR)ebr10480830(CaONFJC)MIL367397(EXLCZ)99255000000003915620100921d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe martial arts cinema of the Chinese diaspora[electronic resource] Ang Lee, John Woo, and Jackie Chan in Hollywood /Kin-Yan SzetoCarbondale Southern Illinois University Press20111 online resource (185 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8093-3021-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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 andMartial arts filmsUnited StatesHistory and criticismElectronic books.Martial arts filmsHistory and criticism.791.43/657Szeto Kin-Yan1971-1048060MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457107503321The martial arts cinema of the Chinese diaspora2476053UNINA