Description
Product ID: | 9781786609021 |
Product Form: | Hardback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | Chinese Martial Arts and Media Culture |
Subtitle: | Global Perspectives |
Authors: | Author: Tim, Researcher, Department of East Asian Studies, University of Cologne, German Trausch |
Page Count: | 238 |
Subjects: | Regional / International studies, Regional studies, Popular culture, Popular culture |
Description: | Select Guide Rating Signs and images of the Chinese martial arts genre are increasingly included in the media of global popular culture. As tropes of martial arts are not restricted to what is constructed as one medium, one region, or one (sub)genre, neither are the essays in this collection. Signs and images of Chinese martial arts increasingly circulate through global media cultures. As tropes of martial arts are not restricted to what is considered one medium, one region, or one (sub)genre, the essays in this collection are looking across and beyond these alleged borders. From 1920s wuxia cinema to the computer game cultures of the information age, they trace the continuities and transformations of martial arts and media culture across time, space, and multiple media platforms. |
Imprint Name: | Rowman & Littlefield International |
Publisher Name: | Rowman & Littlefield International |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2018-10-18 |