Chinese Martial Arts Cinema: The Wuxia Tradition

Author:   Stephen Teo
Publisher:   Edinburgh University Press
Edition:   2nd ed.
ISBN:  

9781474403863


Pages:   240
Publication Date:   30 November 2015
Format:   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).

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Author:   Stephen Teo
Publisher:   Edinburgh University Press
Imprint:   Edinburgh University Press
Edition:   2nd ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.559kg
ISBN:  

9781474403863


ISBN 10:   1474403867
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   30 November 2015
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Temporarily unavailable   Availability explained
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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).

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