The American Martial Arts Film

The American Martial Arts Film
ISBN-10
0786418362
ISBN-13
9780786418367
Category
Performing Arts
Pages
242
Language
English
Published
2004-01-01
Publisher
McFarland
Author
M. Ray Lott

Description

"This history of American martial arts films, from major features to direct-to-video releases, begins with an overview of the martial arts in America, then moves on to discuss early trend-setting movies; the influence of Chinese kung fu film imports; martial arts on television; the explosive growth of the genre in the 80s; and recent releases, trends, and the direction of English-language martial arts movies. There is a selected filmography of 300 movies."--BOOK JACKET.

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