l as Chinese financing, stars recruited from the East Asian region more widely, and extensive interactions between Hollywood and Asian artists and technicians. Overall, the book provides fascinating insights into recent developments in Chinese society, popular culture and cultural production."--Publisher's description30
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Foreword / Chris Berry -- Introduction / Gary D. Rawnsley and Ming-Yeh T. Rawnsley -- The political narrative(s) of Hero / Gary D. Rawnsley -- Recycled heroes, invented tradition and transformed identity / Yingjie Guo -- Ruthless tyrant or compassionate hero? : Chinese popular nationalism and the myth of state origins / Yiyan Wang -- The king, the musician and the village idiot : images of manhood / Kam Louie -- Twenty-first century women warriors : variations on a traditional theme / Louise Edwards -- On tian xia ('all under heaven') in Zhang Yimou's Hero / Xiaoming Che