Hong Kong Connections
Subtitle: Transnational Imagination in Action Cinema
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: January 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 343
ISBN-13: 9781932643015
Subjects: Asian studies; Film theory & criticism; Hong Kong; Cinema/Film: Book; Performing Arts; Pop Arts / Pop Culture; ASIA; Film & Video - History & Criticism; Cultural Studies; Film & Television Studies; China; Asia - General; Adventure films; History and criticism
First sentence: This book explores the proposition that Hong Kong cinema since the 1960s has played a significant role in shaping what is now one of the world's most widely distributed popular cultural genres: action cinema.