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Author Szeto, Kin-Yan, 1971-

Title The martial arts cinema of the Chinese diaspora [electronic resource] : Ang Lee, John Woo, and Jackie Chan in Hollywood / Kin-Yan Szeto.

Imprint Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2011.

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Description vii, 171 p.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction : cosmopolitical consciousness and martial arts cinema -- The martial arts cinema of the Chinese diaspora and Hollywood -- Ang Lee's Crouching tiger, hidden dragon in a cosmopolitical perspective -- Facing off east and west in the cinema of John Woo -- Jackie Chan's transnational film trajectory and politics of comic displacement -- Conclusion.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Lee, Ang, 1954- -- Criticism and interpretation.
Woo, John, 1948- -- Criticism and interpretation.
Cheng, Long, 1954- -- Criticism and interpretation.
Martial arts films -- United States -- History and criticism.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780809330218 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0809330210 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0809386208 (electronic bk.)
9780809386208 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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