Chinese Martial Arts Cinema

The Wuxia Tradition

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Stephen Teo

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Hardback

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This updated edition is a 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).

Author Biography:

Stephen Teo is currently associate professor at the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, and a senior research associate of the RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia. He is the author of Hong Kong Cinema: The Extra Dimensions (British Film Institute, 1997), Wong Kar-wai (BFI, 2005), King Hu's A Touch of Zen (Hong Kong University Press, 2006), and Director in Action: Johnnie To and the Hong Kong Action Film (Hong Kong University Press, 2007).

Release date Australia

November 30th, 2015

Author

Stephen Teo

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Edition

2nd ed.

Pages

240

Dimensions

155x239x20

ISBN-13

9781474403863

Product ID

23025803

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