East Asian Film Stars [electronic resource] /
Wing-Fai, L.editor.
Willis, A.editor.
Many stars from China, Japan and Korea are the most popular and instantly recognizable in the world. East Asian Film Stars brings together some of the world's leading cinema scholars to offer their insights into the work of regional and transnational screen legends, contemporary superstars and mysterious cult personas.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Notes on Contributors; Introduction: Star Power from Hollywood to East Asia; Part I: Markets and Reception; 1 Body of Action, Face of Authenticity: Symbolic Stars in the Transnational Marketing and Reception of East Asian Cinema; 2 Pop-orientalism and the Asian Star Body: Rain and the Transnational Hollywood Action Movie; 3 National Idols? The Problem of 'Transnationalizing' Film Stardom in Japan's Idol Economy; 4 Zhang Ziyi: The New Face of Chinese Femininity; Part II: Regional and Global Stars
5 Maggie Cheung, 'une Chinoise': Acting and Agency in the Realm of Transnational Stardom6 Joan Chen: National, International and Transnational Stardom; 7 Translocal Imagination of Hong Kong Connections: The Shifting of Chow Yun-fat's Star Image Since 1997; 8 Asano Tadanobu and Transnational Stardom: The Paradoxical Polysemy of Cool; 9 Too Late the Hero? The Delayed Stardom of Donnie Yen; Part III: Stardom and Stars: From the Past; 10 Grace Chang: Dreaming Hong Kong; 11 Kyo Machiko: East Meets West; 12 Stars as Production and Consumption: A Case Study of Brigitte Lin
13 A Genealogy of the South Korean Action 'Star': Jang Dong-hwi, Hwang Jeong-ri, Jeong Du-hongIndex
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
Many stars from China, Japan and Korea are the most popular and instantly recognizable in the world. East Asian Film Stars brings together some of the world's leading cinema scholars to offer their insights into the work of regional and transnational screen legends, contemporary superstars and mysterious cult personas.
Culture-Study and teaching.
Performing arts.
Motion pictures-History.
Motion pictures-Asia.
Film genres.
Motion pictures and television.
Regional and Cultural Studies.
Performing Arts.
Film History.
Asian Cinema and TV.
Genre.
Screen Studies.