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Martial Arts Cinema and Hong Kong Modernity : Aesthetics, Representation, Circulation /

At the core of Martial Arts Cinema and Hong Kong Modernity: Aesthetics, Representation, Circulation is a fascinating paradox: the martial arts film, long regarded as a vehicle of Chinese cultural nationalism, can also be understood as a mass cultural expression of Hong Kong's modern urban-indus...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Yip, Man-Fung (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2017
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : martial arts cinema and Hong Kong modernity
  • 1. Body semiotics
  • 2. In the realm of the senses
  • 3. Myth and masculinity
  • 4. The difficulty of difference
  • 5. Marginal cinema, minor transnationalism
  • Epilogue.