Includes bibliographical references (pages 200-213) and index
Includes filmography (pages 214-219)
Introduction -- Wuxia from literature to cinema -- Reactions against the Wuxia genre -- The rise of Kung Fu, from Wong Fei-hung to Bruce Lee -- The rise of New School Wuxia -- The Wuxia films of King Hu -- Wuxia after A touch of Zen -- Wuxia between nationalism and transnationalism
"This is the first comprehensive, fully-researched account of the historical and contemporary development of the traditional martial arts genre in the Chinese cinema known as wuxia (literal translation: martial chivalry) - a genre which audiences around the world became familiar with through the phenomenal 'crossover' hit Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000). The book unveils rich layers of the wuxia tradition as it developed in the early Shanghai cinema in the late 1920s, and from the 1950s onwards, in the Hong Kong and Taiwan film industries"--Provided by publisher
