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  • Fighting without Fighting

    Kung Fu Cinema’s Journey to the West

    par Luke White ...
    In the spring and summer of 1973, a wave of martial arts movies from Hong Kong – epitomized by Bruce Lee’s Enter the Dragon – smashed box-office records for foreign-language films in America, and ignited a ‘kung fu craze’ that swept the world. Fighting without Fighting explores this dramatic phenomenon, arguing that, more than just a cinematic fad, the West’s sudden fascination with – and moral ... En savoir plus

    $39.99 CAD

  • British Embassies

    Their Diplomatic and Architectural History

    par James Stourton, Luke White ...
    A unique and glamorous book about British Imperial and post-Imperial architecture and a lively and evocative read for anyone interested in the international projection of British power and culture.British Embassies have a special role in our history. They represent our country in bricks and stone and have often expressed – at least in the eyes of foreigners – our national character. Whether they ... En savoir plus

    $67.99 CAD

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  • The Subplot

    What China Is Reading and Why It Matters

    par Megan Walsh ...
    What does contemporary China's diverse and exciting fiction tell us about its culture, and the relationship between art and politics?The Subplot takes us on a lively journey through a literary landscape like you’ve never seen before: a vast migrant-worker poetry movement, homoerotic romances by “rotten girls,” swaggering literary popstars, millionaire e-writers churning out the longest-ever novels ... En savoir plus

    $13.99 CAD

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  • Farewell My Concubine

    A Queer Film Classic

    par Helen Hok-Sze Leung ...
    Collections series Queer Film Classics
    Helen Hok-Sze Leung: Helen Hok-Sze Leung is an Associate Professor in Gender, Sexuality & Women's Studies at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, BC, Canada. She has published widely on queer cinema and is the author of Undercurrents: Queer Culture and Postcolonial Hong Kong (UBC Press, 2008). ... En savoir plus

    $11.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Beyond Bruce Lee

    Chasing the Dragon Through Film, Philosophy, and Popular Culture

    par Paul Bowman ...
    In order to understand Bruce Lee, we must look beyond Bruce Lee to the artist's intricate cultural and historical contexts. This work begins by contextualising Lee, examining his films and martial arts work, and his changing cultural status within different times and places. The text examines Bruce Lee's films and philosophy in relation to the popular culture and cultural politics of the 1960s and ... En savoir plus

    $33.99 CAD

  • East Asian Cinema

    par David Carter ...
    Film directors from East Asia frequently win top prizes at international film festivals, but few books have been published about them. The films of these countries reflect periods of great political turmoil, rapid modernization in the 20th century, and the conflicts between modern lifestyles and traditional values. Covering films and filmmakers from China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, and North and ... En savoir plus

    $19.03 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Women in Chinese Martial Arts Films of the New Millennium

    Narrative Analyses and Gender Politics

    par Ya-chen Chen ...
    Women and Gender in Chinese Martial Arts Films of the New Millennium, by Ya-chen Chen, is an excavation of underexposed gender issues focusing mainly on contradictory and troubled feminism in the film narratives. In the cinematic world of martial arts films, one can easily find representations of women of Ancient China released from the constraints of patriarchal social order to revel in a ... En savoir plus

    $158.99 CAD

  • The Urban Generation

    Chinese Cinema and Society at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century

    par Jason McGrath, Chris Berry, Sheldon H. Lu ...
    Since the early 1990s, while mainland China’s state-owned movie studios have struggled with financial and ideological constraints, an exciting alternative cinema has developed. Dubbed the “Urban Generation,” this new cinema is driven by young filmmakers who emerged in the shadow of the events at Tiananmen Square in 1989. What unites diverse directors under the “Urban Generation” rubric is their ... En savoir plus

    $43.99 CAD

  • The New Chinese Documentary Film Movement

    par Hong Kong University Press ...
    The New Chinese Documentary Film Movement is a groundbreaking project unveiling recent documentary film work that has transformed visual culture in China, and brought new immediacy along with a broader base of participation to Chinese media. As a foundational text, this volume provides a much-needed introduction to the topic of Chinese documentary film, the signature mode of contemporary Chinese ... En savoir plus

    $29.99 CAD

  • John Woo's A Better Tomorrow

    par Hong Kong University Press ...
    A Better Tomorrow has always been hailed as a milestone in Hong Kong cinema. This book describes the different responses to the movie in Hong Kong and later in its reception worldwide, which paved the way for the promotion of John Woo and Chow Yun-fat to their current prominence in Hollywood. Fang examines the different notions of the genre of action cinema in Asian and Western film industries. ... En savoir plus

    $27.99 CAD

  • Andrew Lau and Alan Mak's Infernal Affairs - The Trilogy

    par Hong Kong University Press ...
    Infernal Affairs has received journalistic, popular and corporate notice but little vigorous critical attention. In this book, Gina Marchetti explores the way this example of Hong Kong’s cinematic eclecticism has crossed borders as a story, a commercial product and a work of art; and has had an undeniable impact on current Hong Kong cinema. Moreover, she uses this trilogy to highlight the way Hong ... En savoir plus

    $27.99 CAD

  • China on Screen

    Cinema and Nation

    par Christopher Berry, , Ph.D., Mary Ann Farquhar, , Ph.D. ...
    Collections series Film and Culture Series
    In China on Screen, Chris Berry and Mary Farquhar, leaders in the field of Chinese film studies, explore more than one hundred years of Chinese cinema and nation. Providing new perspectives on key movements, themes, and filmmakers, Berry and Farquhar analyze the films of a variety of directors and actors, including Chen Kaige, Zhang Yimou, Hou Hsiao Hsien, Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, Maggie Cheung, ... En savoir plus

    $37.99 CAD