CFP: Wuxia Fictions: Chinese Martial Arts in Film, Literature and Beyond (5/1/06; journal issue)
CALL FOR PAPERS
EnterText volume 6 number 2
Wuxia Fictions: Chinese Martial Arts
in Film, Literature and Beyond
Guest Editor: Leon Hunt
Submissions for this edition are invited by 1 May 2006. With the success of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Hero and House of Flying Daggers, the wuxia (Martial Chivalry/Martial Arts genre) has attracted a new wave of critical attention. This issue seeks to examine wuxia fictions in a range of contexts (national, regional, transnational) and across a range of media. Topics might include:
· developments in and aesthetics of fight choreography
· wuxia and authorship in literature and film