Status
Available
Call number
Collections
Publication
Vancouver, British Columbia : Vancouver Art Gallery, [2017]
Subjects
Language
Physical description
95 p.; 28 cm
ISBN
0888853815 / 9780888853813
Call number
MON.TSH.17
Library's review
Howie Tsui: Retainers of Anarchy is a solo exhibition featuring new work from Howie Tsui that considers wuxia as a narrative tool for dissidence and resistance. Wuxia, a traditional form of martial arts literature that expanded into 20th-century popular film and television, was created out of
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narratives and characters often from lower social classes that uphold chivalric ideals against oppressive forces during unstable times. The People’s Republic of China placed wuxia under heavy censorship for fear of arousing anti-government sentiment. However, practitioners advanced the form in Hong Kong making it one of the most popular genres of Chinese fiction. Show Less
Pages
95