From Stage to Screen: The Legacy of Traditional Chinese Theatre in Chinese Martial Arts Cinema Soundtracks 9789811970375, 9789811970368, 9811970378

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Chinese martial arts cinema is held to be a synthesis drawing on artistic conventions of traditional Chinese theatre. Fi

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This is the first comprehensive, fully-researched account of the historical and contemporary development of the traditio

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The traditional martial arts genre known as wuxia (literally "martial chivalry") became popular the world over

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This book traces the transformation of traditional Chinese theatre’s (xiqu) aesthetics during its encounters with Wester

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This book traces the transformation of traditional Chinese theatre’s (xiqu) aesthetics during its encounters with Wester

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Signs and images of Chinese martial arts increasingly circulate through global media cultures. As tropes of martial arts

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Signs and images of Chinese martial arts increasingly circulate through global media cultures. As tropes of martial arts

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Known in the West primarily through poorly subtitled films, Chinese martial arts fiction is one of the most iconic and y

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The present book features some introductory discussions on martial arts for the international audience and highlights in

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Provides reading material to meet the classroom needs of intermediate and advanced students of Chinese and also for the

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