Eric bogle, music and the great war, Walsh, Michael J. K. (nanyang Technological University, Singapore)

Автор: Teo, Professor Stephen (nanyang Technological University)
Название: Chinese martial arts cinema
ISBN: 1474403867 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781474403863
Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic
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This is the first comprehensive, fully-researched account of the historical and contemporary development of the traditional martial arts genre in the Chinese cinema known as wuxia (literal translation: martial chivalry) - a genre which audiences around the world became familiar with through the phenomenal 'crossover' hit Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000). The book unveils rich layers of the wuxia tradition as it developed in the early Shanghai cinema in the late 1920s, and from the 1950s onwards, in the Hong Kong and Taiwan film industries.

Key attractions of the book are analyses of:

• The history of the tradition as it began in the Shanghai cinema, its rise and popularity as a serialized form in the silent cinema of the late 1920s, and its eventual prohibition by the government in 1931.
• The fantastic characteristics of the genre, their relationship with folklore, myth and religion, and their similarities and differences with the kung fu sub-genre of martial arts cinema.
• The protagonists and heroes of the genre, in particular the figure of the female knight-errant.
• The chief personalities and masterpieces of the genre - directors such as King Hu, Chu Yuan, Zhang Che, Ang Lee, Zhang Yimou, and films such as Come Drink With Me (1966), The One-Armed Swordsman (1967), A Touch of Zen (1970-71), Hero (2002), House of Flying Daggers (2004), and Curse of the Golden Flower (2006).

Автор: Bendazzi, Giannalberto (visting Professor, Nanyang Technological University Of Singapore)
Название: Twice the first
ISBN: 1138554464 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138554467
Издательство: Taylor&Francis
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Описание: Twice the First takes the reader on an exciting journey through the historical development of animation through the eyes of Quirino Cristiani.

Автор: Weichong, Ong (nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
Название: Malaysia`s defeat of armed communism
ISBN: 1138577065 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138577060
Издательство: Taylor&Francis
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Описание: The Malayan Communist Party’s (MCP) decisive defeat in 1960 led many academics and Counterinsurgency (COIN) experts to overlook the resurrection of its armed struggle in 1968. Most scholars continue to regard the so-called ‘Second Emergency’ in Malaysia (1968-1989) as a non-event, and most of the recently published work on the MCP tends to focus on the earlier Malayan Emergency (1948-1960). This book looks at the Second Emergency through recently released archival material from the National Archives in London, the National Australian Archives and the Australian War Memorial, as well as interviews with military and diplomatic officers from the UK and Thailand. It presents the first serious strategic and operational study of the Second Emergency, and analyses three areas of historical significance: the CPM’s strategy for armed struggle in the Second Emergency; the actual effectiveness of the CPM’s subversive propaganda on its target population and most importantly; the counterinsurgency (COIN) response and strategy of the Malaysian state and to a lesser extent the counter-subversion strategy of Singapore in the post-colonial era.