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Chinese Martial Arts Cinema - The Wuxia Tradition (Hardcover, 2nd ed.)
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Chinese Martial Arts Cinema - The Wuxia Tradition (Hardcover, 2nd ed.)
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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)
General
Imprint: |
Edinburgh University Press
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
November 2015 |
Authors: |
Stephen Teo
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Dimensions: |
234 x 156 x 20mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover - Cloth over boards
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Pages: |
240 |
Edition: |
2nd ed. |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4744-0386-3 |
Categories: |
Books >
Arts & Architecture >
Performing arts >
Films, cinema >
General
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LSN: |
1-4744-0386-7 |
Barcode: |
9781474403863 |
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