Chinese film stars / edited by Mary Farquhar and Yingjin Zhang.

Contents Introduction / Yingjin Zhang and Mary Farquhar -- Early cinema : crossing race and class divides. Anna May Wong : a border-crossing "minor" star mediating performance / Yiman Wang -- Ruan Lingyu : reflections on an individual performance style / Mette Hjort -- Li Lili : acting a lively jianmei type / Sean Macdonald -- Socialist cinema : from film star to model worker. Mei Lanfang : facial signature and political performance in opera film / John Zou -- Zhao Dan : spectrality of martyrdom and stardom / Yingjin Zhang -- Zhang Ruifang : modelling the Socialist Red star / Xiaoning Lu -- Zhong Xinghuo : Communist film worker / Krista Van Fleit Hang -- Taiwan cinema : diaspora, transvestism, non-professionalism. Ling Bo : orphanhood and post-war Sinophone film history / Zhang Zhen -- Brigitte Lin Ching Hsia : last eastern star of the late twentieth century / Tony Williams -- Lee Kang-Sheng : non-professional star / Michael Lawrence -- Hong Kong and transnational cinema : action, gender, emotion. "Bruce Lee" after Bruce Lee : a life in conjectures / Brian Hu -- Jackie Chan : star work as pain and triumph / Mary Farquhar -- Chow Yun-Fat : Hong Kong's modern tv / Xiaosheng Lin Feng -- Leslie Cheung : star as autosexual / Julian Stringer -- Jet Li : star construction and fan discourse on the internet / Sabrina Qiong Yu.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
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LCCN 2009039716
ISBN0415573904 (hbk)
ISBN0203854853 (ebk)
ISBN9780415573900 (hbk)
ISBN9780203854853 (ebk)

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