Title: The martial arts cinema of the Chinese diaspora
Description: Kin-Yan Szeto critically examines three of the most internationally famous martial arts film artists to arise out of the Chinese diaspora and travel far from their homelands to find commercial success in the world at large: Ang Lee, John Woo, and Jackie Chan. Positing the idea that these filmmakers' success is evidence of a "cosmopolitical awareness" arising from their cross-cultural ideological engagements and geopolitical displacements, Szeto demonstrates how this unique perspective allows these three filmmakers to develop and act in the transnational environment of media production, distribution, and consumption. --from publisher description.
Subjects: History and criticism, Criticism and interpretation, Martial arts films, Motion pictures, history
Places: United States
People: Long Cheng (1954-), Ang Lee (1954-), John Woo (1948-)