Historical dictionary of Hong Kong cinema / Lisa Odham Stokes ; with contributions by Jean Lukitsh,...
Historical dictionary of Hong Kong cinema / Lisa Odham Stokes ; with contributions by Jean Lukitsh,...
Historical dictionary of Hong Kong cinema / Lisa Odham Stokes ; with contributions by Jean Lukitsh, Michael Hoover, Tyler Stokes.
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Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, c2007.
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N809.93003/1
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English
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xli, 590 p ; 22 cm.
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Publisher
Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, c2007.
Place of Publication
Maryland
Date Published
c2007.
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"Despite being shut down by two world wars, having its martial arts films dismissed as "chopsocky," and operating on shoestring budgets, the industry of filmmaking in Hong Kong has been praised and imitated around the world. From its beginning in 1909 with the silent short Stealing the Roast Duck to the martial arts classic Enter the Dragon (1973)...
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Historical dictionary of Hong Kong cinema / Lisa Odham Stokes ; with contributions by Jean Lukitsh, Michael Hoover, Tyler Stokes.
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Historical dictionaries of literature and the arts ; no. 2.
Includes bibliographical references.
State Reference Library copy at N809.93003/1 : transferred from N809.93003/1
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N809.93003/1
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74VK7ddra7zd
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VK7ddra7zd
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ISBN
0810855208 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780810855205 (hardcover : alk. paper)
DDC
791.4309512503
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991022721199702626
