Experts in action : transnational Hong Kong-style stunt work and performance /

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"Lauren Steimer examines how Hong Kong-influenced action movie aesthetics and stunt techniques have been taken up, imitated, and reinvented in other locations and production contexts around the globe."--

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Steimer, Lauren, 1976- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2021.
Subjects:
Stunt performers > China > Hong Kong.
Martial arts films > China > Hong Kong.
Motion picture actors and actresses > China > Hong Kong.
Films d'arts martiaux > Chine > Hongkong.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > History & Criticism.
Martial arts films
Motion picture actors and actresses
Stunt performers
China > Hong Kong
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Risky Business: Financial and Physical Risk in the Action Stardom of Jackie Chan
  • Hong Kong Action Cinema as a Mode in Thai Action Stardom: Tony Jaa and the New
  • Stunting Star Model
  • A Hong Kong Reservoir for Xena: Communicative Translation and the Bodily Disposition of
  • Stunting Star Zoë Bell
  • Hong Kong Action in Transit: The Postmillennial Stunt Craftwork of Chad Stahelski and
  • Dayna Grant
  • Novice and Expert Performance-a Call to Action.

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