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Chinese Martial Arts Cinema: The Wuxia Tradition

Stephen Teo 2009 ;2009 Stephen Teo ;ISBN: 1474403867 ;ISBN: 9781474403863 ;ISBN: 9780748632855 ;ISBN: 0748632859 ;EISBN: 0748632514 ;EISBN: 9780748632510 ;EISBN: 9781474403887 ;EISBN: 1474403883 ;EISBN: 9781474400091 ;EISBN: 1474400094 ;DOI: 10.1515/9781474403887 ;OCLC: 398493357 ;OCLC: 946784701

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  • Title:
    Chinese Martial Arts Cinema: The Wuxia Tradition
  • Author: Teo, Stephen
  • Subjects: China ; Film Studies ; History and criticism ; Martial arts ; Martial arts films ; Martial arts in motion pictures ; Motion pictures
  • Description: 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).
  • Publisher: Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press
  • Creation Date: 2009
  • Format: 241
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISBN: 1474403867
    ISBN: 9781474403863
    ISBN: 9780748632855
    ISBN: 0748632859
    EISBN: 0748632514
    EISBN: 9780748632510
    EISBN: 9781474403887
    EISBN: 1474403883
    EISBN: 9781474400091
    EISBN: 1474400094
    DOI: 10.1515/9781474403887
    OCLC: 398493357
    OCLC: 946784701
  • Source: Ebook Central Academic Complete
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