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Author Steimer, Lauren, 1976- author.

Title Experts in action : transnational Hong Kong-style stunt work and performance / Lauren Steimer
Published Durham : Duke University Press, 2021

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 222 pages) : illustrations
Contents Risky Business: Financial and Physical Risk in the Action Stardom of Jackie Chan -- Hong Kong Action Cinema as a Mode in Thai Action Stardom: Tony Jaa and the New -- Stunting Star Model -- A Hong Kong Reservoir for Xena: Communicative Translation and the Bodily Disposition of -- Stunting Star Zoƫ Bell -- Hong Kong Action in Transit: The Postmillennial Stunt Craftwork of Chad Stahelski and -- Dayna Grant -- Novice and Expert Performance-a Call to Action
Summary "Lauren Steimer examines how Hong Kong-influenced action movie aesthetics and stunt techniques have been taken up, imitated, and reinvented in other locations and production contexts around the globe."-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Stunt performers -- China -- Hong Kong
Martial arts films -- China -- Hong Kong
Motion picture actors and actresses -- China -- Hong Kong
PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- History & Criticism.
Martial arts films.
Motion picture actors and actresses.
Stunt performers.
China -- Hong Kong.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1478021268
9781478021261
9781478090670
1478090677