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Chinese Martial Arts Cinema

Release on 2015-11-132015-11-13 by Stephen Teo
Chinese Martial Arts Cinema

Author: Stephen Teo

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

ISBN: 9781474403887

Category: Performing Arts

Page: 240

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This is the first comprehensive, fully-researched account of the historical and contemporary development of the traditional martial arts genre in the Chinese cinema known as wuxia (literal translation: martial chivalry) - a genre which audiences around the world became familiar with through the phenomenal 'crossover' hit Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000). The book unveils rich layers of the wuxia tradition as it developed in the early Shanghai cinema in the late 1920s, and from the 1950s onwards, in the Hong Kong and Taiwan film industries. Key attractions of the book are analyses of:*The history of the tradition as it began in the Shanghai cinema, its rise and popularity as a serialized form in the silent cinema of the late 1920s, and its eventual prohibition by the government in 1931.*The fantastic characteristics of the genre, their relationship with folklore, myth and religion, and their similarities and differences with the kung fu sub-genre of martial arts cinema.*The protagonists and heroes of the genre, in particular the figure of the female knight-errant.*The chief personalities and masterpieces of the genre - directors such as King Hu, Chu Yuan, Zhang Che, Ang Lee, Zhang Yimou, and films such as Come Drink With Me (1966), The One-Armed Swordsman (1967), A Touch of Zen (1970-71), Hero (2002), House of Flying Daggers (2004), and Curse of the Golden Flower (2006).
Performing Arts
Chinese Martial Arts Cinema
Language: en
Pages: 240

Chinese Martial Arts Cinema

Authors: Stephen Teo
Categories: Performing Arts
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-11-13 - Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

This is the first comprehensive, fully-researched account of the historical and contemporary development of the traditional martial arts genre in the Chinese cinema known as wuxia (literal translation: martial chivalry) - a genre which audiences around the world became familiar with through the phenomenal 'crossover' hit Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
The Martial Arts Cinema of the Chinese Diaspora
Language: en
Pages: 171

The Martial Arts Cinema of the Chinese Diaspora

Authors: Kin-Yan Szeto
Categories: Performing Arts
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-06-29 - Publisher: SIU Press

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
Chinese Martial Arts Cinema
Language: en
Pages: 240

Chinese Martial Arts Cinema

Authors: Stephen Teo
Categories: Performing Arts
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-01-20 - Publisher:

This is the first comprehensive, fully-researched account of the historical and contemporary development of the traditional martial arts genre in the Chinese cinema known as wuxia (literal translation: martial chivalry) - a genre which audiences around the world became familiar with through the phenomenal 'crossover' hit Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Women in Chinese Martial Arts Films of the New Millennium
Language: en
Pages: 313

Women in Chinese Martial Arts Films of the New Millennium

Authors: Ya-chen Chen
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012 - Publisher: Lexington Books

Women and Gender in Chinese Martial Arts Films of the New Millennium, by Ya-chen Chen, examines underexposed gender issues in more recent films, focusing on the contradictory feminism in the film narratives. Through the lens of Chinese martial arts films, Chen delves into "Chinese cinematic martial arts feminism," highlighting the
Chinese Martial Arts and Media Culture
Language: en
Pages: 238

Chinese Martial Arts and Media Culture

Authors: Tim Trausch
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-11-16 - Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Signs and images of the Chinese martial arts genre are increasingly included in the media of global popular culture. As tropes of martial arts are not restricted to what is constructed as one medium, one region, or one (sub)genre, neither are the essays in this collection.

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