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Szeto, Kin-Yan, 1971-

The martial arts cinema of the Chinese diaspora Ang Lee, John Woo, and Jackie Chan in Hollywood / [electronic resource] : Kin-Yan Szeto. - Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2011. - vii, 171 p.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2011.
Available via World Wide Web.
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Subjects--Personal Names:
Lee, Ang, 1954- --Criticism and interpretation.
Woo, John, 1948- --Criticism and interpretation.
Cheng, Long, 1954- --Criticism and interpretation.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Martial arts films--History and criticism.--United States

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Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: PN1995.9.H3 / S94 2011eb

Dewey Class. No.: 791.43/657