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Chinese Martial Arts Cinema the Wuxia Tradition Stephen Teo Textbook Chinese Martial Arts Cinema The Wuxia Tradition Stephen Teo 2nd Edition November 2015 Pb • 978 1 4744 0008 4 • £24.99 BIC: APF, JFD 240 pp 234 x 156 mm 10 b&w illustrations Alternative Formats: Previous Edition: Hb • 978 1 4744 0386 3 • £80.00 Hb • 978 0 7486 3285 5 • £80.00 • March 2009 Eb (PDF) • 978 1 4744 0388 7 • £80.00 Pb • 978 0 7486 3286 2 • £26.99 • March 2009 Eb (epub) • 978 1 4744 0009 1 • £24.99 Traces the development of contemporary martial arts cinema in China Description The Author This updated edition is a comprehensive, fully-researched account of the Stephen Teo is Associate Professor historical and contemporary development of the traditional martial arts genre at the Wee Kim Wee School of in the Chinese cinema known as wuxia (literal translation: martial chivalry) – Communication and Information, a genre which audiences around the world became familiar with through the Nanyang Technological University, phenomenal 'crossover' hit Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000). The book Singapore, and Senior Research unveils rich layers of the wuxia tradition as it developed in early Shanghai Associate of the RMIT University, cinema in the late 1920s, and from the 1950s onwards, in the Hong Kong and Melbourne, Australia. Taiwan film industries. Series New for this Edition Traditions in World Cinema • Includes research on kung fu films featuring the female star Angela Mao • An additional chapter, which will take into account the recent developments in martial arts cinema including both kung fu and wuxia Readership • Explores how kung fu and wuxia are becoming more interlinked Undergraduates and postgraduates • Includes analysis of new features such as Wilson Yip’s Ip Man series starring in Film Studies, Media and Cultural Donnie Yen, John Woo’s massive epic Red Cliff (released in two parts in 2008 Studies and Chinese Studies. and 2009), and Wong Kar-wai’s The Grandmaster (2013) Secondary market of specialists and • Revised and updated throughout general film scholars. 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 Film Studies 8. A Touch of Zen and the Moral Dilemma of the Female Knight-Errant The Tun – Holyrood Road, 9. Wuxia after A Touch of Zen 12 (2f) Jackson’s Entry, Edinburgh EH8 8PJ 10. Wuxia between Nationalism and Transnationalism tel: +44 (0)131 650 4218 Glossary fax: +44 (0)131 650 3286 Filmography [email protected] Works Cited www.euppublishing.com Contemporary British Horror Cinema Industry, Genre and Society Johnny Walker November 2015 Hb • 978 0 7486 8973 6 • £70.00 BIC: JFC, JFDT 224 pp 234 x 156 mm Alternative Formats: Eb (PDF) • 978 0 7486 8974 3 • £70.00 Eb (epub) • 978 0 7486 8975 0 • £70.00 A scholarly and critical overview of UK horror film production since the year 2000 Description The Author Combining industry analysis, interviews and detailed textual readings, this Johnny Walker is Lecturer in Media at book examines the post-millennial revival of British horror cinema. Drawing on Northumbria University. key films such as The Descent (2005), Eden Lake (2008) and The Woman in Black (2012), as well as lesser-known productions such as The Devil’s Chair (2007), Doghouse (2009) and F (2010), the book analyses the cultural and industrial Readership imperatives at work within (and beyond) these films, and the companies that Undergraduate and postgraduate produced and distributed them. students in Film Studies, British Cinema, Horror Film and Cult Film. Key Features • The first academic monograph exclusively dedicated to recent British horror production • Draws upon the various international factors at work within the increasingly complex British film industry, and the impact this has on popular genre production • Locates British horror amid trends in international horror cinema Film Studies The Tun – Holyrood Road, 12 (2f) Jackson’s Entry, Edinburgh EH8 8PJ tel: +44 (0)131 650 4218 fax: +44 (0)131 650 3286 [email protected] www.euppublishing.com The Egyptian Dream Egyptian National Identity and Uprisings Noha Mellor November 2015 Hb • 978 1 4744 0319 1 • £70.00 BIC: HBJF1, HRH, JPVH, JPVR 192 pp 234 x 156 mm Alternative Formats: Eb (PDF) • 978 1 4744 0320 7 • £70.00 Eb (epub) • 978 1 4744 0932 2 • £70.00 Explores the struggle to define Egyptian national identity post-independence Description The Author The story of Egyptian identity from the beginning of the 20th century is one Noha Mellor is Professor of Media at constructed by statesmen, intellectuals and Islamic thinkers. This book argues Bedfordshire University. that the current fragmentation of Egypt's political scene reflects the increasing social division in a country where 'the people' are demanding a redefinition of Readership their national identity. Scrutinising the society behind the uprisings that began in 2011 and their diverse economic, ideological and sectorial demands, it also Researchers and academics in Islamic looks at the desperate state's attempt to construct a unified Egyptian identity – & Middle Eastern Studies, Politics and an attempt which has resulted in further splitting Egyptian society. Modern History. Key Features • Considers the social context that caused and continues to stir the conflict in Egypt • Offers a fresh perspective on Egyptian society and its multiple layers • Focuses on the role of language and education in enforcing the status quo • Includes case studies illustrating the development of nationalist discourse in Egypt Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies The Tun – Holyrood Road, 12 (2f) Jackson’s Entry, Edinburgh EH8 8PJ tel: +44 (0)131 650 4218 fax: +44 (0)131 650 3286 [email protected] www.euppublishing.com Textbook Contemporary Morphological Theories A User's Guide Thomas W. Stewart November 2015 Pb • 978 0 7486 9268 2 • £24.99 BIC: CB, CFK 220 pp 234 x 156 mm Alternative Formats: Hb • 978 0 7486 9267 5 • £80.00 Eb (PDF) • 978 0 7486 9269 9 • £80.00 Eb (epub) • 978 0 7486 9270 5 • £24.99 Discover and test some of the many ways linguists describe patterns among and within words Description The Author In spite of the central position that the concept word has among the basic units Thomas W. Stewart is Assistant of language structure, there is no consensus as to the definition of this concept Professor of Linguistics at the (or network of related concepts). Many perspectives are needed in order to gain University of Louisville. even a schematic idea of what words are, how words may be composed, and what relationships there might be between words. Many linguists have put Readership forward frameworks for describing the domain of morphology, each framework proceeding from its author’s assumptions, prioritizing distinct formal and Linguistic researchers and advanced functional dimensions, and therefore entering into de facto competition. This students in linguistics. book addresses the needs of the language scholar/student who finds her/ himself engaged in morphological analysis and theorizing. It offers a guide to existing approaches, revealing how they can either complement or compete Table of Contents with each other. Foreword 1: Opening the Discussion Key Features 2: Theory profiles 3: Time for a test drive • Provide a ‘one-stop’ reference to introduce 14 major descriptive frameworks 4: Broadening the Discussion that are otherwise widely distributed in competing threads in the literature Bibliography • Ranks competing theories along multiple continua using a table of comparison • Includes case studies on Scottish Gaelic initial consonant mutation in nouns, Georgian verb agreement and Sanskrit gerund formation • Framworks include A-Morphous Morphology, Autolexical Syntax/ Automodular Grammar, Categorial Morphology, Construction Morphology, Distributed Morphology, Lexeme–Morpheme Base Morphology, Lexical Morphology and Phonology/Stratal Optimality Theory, Minimalist Morphology, Natural Morphology, The Network Model, Network Morphology, Paradigm Function Morphology, Prosodic Morphology, Word- based Morphology and Word Syntax Language & Linguistics The Tun – Holyrood Road, 12 (2f) Jackson’s Entry, Edinburgh EH8 8PJ tel: +44 (0)131 650 4218 fax: +44 (0)131 650 3286 [email protected] www.euppublishing.com The Stylistics of Professional Discourse Martin Solly November 2015 Hb • 978 0 7486 9169 2 • £70.00 BIC: CFB, CFG 256 pp 234 x 156 mm 2 b&w illustrations, 1 b&w table Alternative Formats: Eb (PDF) • 978 0 7486 9170 8 • £70.00 Eb (epub) • 978 0 7486 9171 5 • £70.00 Investigates the stylistics of communication in professional discourse communities Description The Author Martin Solly is Associate Professor of Why are doctors’ prescriptions illegible and why is the language of the law English Language and Linguistics at considered impenetrable to outsiders? Is it more difficult for non-native the University of Turin. speakers of English than native speakers to access the discourse of professions such as the law and medicine? These are just some of the questions covered by this innovative study, which uses the lens of stylistics to shed light on how the Readership discourse of professional communities is used not just to convey meanings, but also to construct identity and a sense of membership. Students and scholars of applied linguistics, communication studies and Aimed at students and scholars of applied linguistics,
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