02438nam 2200565 450 991079819740332120180613002930.01-4744-0009-41-78539-770-21-4744-0388-310.1515/9781474403887(CKB)3710000000585037(EBL)4354178(MiAaPQ)EBC4354178(DE-B1597)616021(DE-B1597)9781474403887(EXLCZ)99371000000058503720160408h20162016 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierChinese martial arts cinema the Wuxia tradition /Stephen Teo2nd ed.Edinburgh :Edinburgh University Press,[2016]©20161 online resource (272 p.)Traditions in World CinemaDescription based upon print version of record.1-4744-0386-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 -- IndexA 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).Traditions in world cinema.Martial arts filmsChinaHistory and criticismMartial artsChinaChinafastChinagndMartial arts filmsHistory and criticism.Martial arts791.436579Teo Stephen865995MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910798197403321Chinese martial arts cinema3787820UNINA