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2011
In the global world of the twenty-first century, martial arts are practised for self-defense and sporting purposes only. However, for thousands of years, they were a central feature of military practice in China and essential for the smooth functioning of society. This book, which opens with an intriguing account of the very first female martial artist,
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In the global world of the twenty-first century, martial arts are practised for self-defense and sporting purposes only. However, for thousands of years, they were a central feature of military practice in China and essential for the smooth functioning of society. This book, which opens with an intriguing account of the very first female martial artist,
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Chinese Martial Arts and Media Culture
2018Signs 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.
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Martial Arts in Chinese Blockbusters
2011Initiated by Hero (Zhang Yimou, 2002), martial arts scenes as traditionally popular cinematic motifs have become since 2002 the stylish new-born high concept fi lms in China. These fi lms consciously adopt production patterns of high concept fi lms inherited from the post-classical Hollywood era, possessing all identifi able features in the Chinese ...
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Popular History and the Chinese Martial Arts Biopic
History Australia, 2011This article examines the popular uses of history in Hong Kong-Chinese biographical films about martial arts masters, focusing particularly on Ronny Yu’s Fearless/Huo Yuanjia (2006) and Wilson Yip’s Ip Man (2008) – two films that have been very popular in Asia. It considers the following questions: How is history being used? What kinds of histories
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Promoting the Chinese martial arts internationally: Is it ‘Kung Fu’ or ‘Wushu’?
International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 2023Marc Theeboom, Inge Derom, Dong Zhu
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Chinese martial arts and the Olympics: Analysing the policy of the International Wushu Federation
International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 2021Marc Theeboom +2 more
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