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

By: Szeto, Kin-Yan, 1971-.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2011Description: vii, 171 p.Subject(s): 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 criticismGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 791.43/657 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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.
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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. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.