Table of Contents

Part I: History and Development; 1. Introduction; 2. Wuxia from Literature to Cinema; 3. Reactions against the Wuxia Genre; 4. The Wuxia Genre Shifts Ground; 5. The Rise of Kung Fu, from Wong Fei-hung to Bruce Lee; Part II: The New School and Beyond; 6. The Rise of New School Wuxia; 7. The Wuxia Films of King Hu; 8. A Touch of Zen and the Moral Dilemma of the Female Knight-Errant; 9. Wuxia after A Touch of Zen; 10. Wuxia between Nationalism and Transnationalism; Glossary; Filmography; Works Cited.

About the Author

Stephen Teo is currently associate professor at the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, and a senior research associate of the RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia. He is the author of Hong Kong Cinema: The Extra Dimensions (British Film Institute, 1997), Wong Kar-wai (BFI, 2005), King Hu's A Touch of Zen (Hong Kong University Press, 2006), and Director in Action: Johnnie To and the Hong Kong Action Film (Hong Kong University Press, 2007).

Reviews

This book is a welcome addition to the flourishing literature on Chinese martial arts cinema. -- Ming-Yeh T. Rawnsley, University of Leeds Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television This book is a welcome addition to the flourishing literature on Chinese martial arts cinema.