Chinese film stars / edited by Mary Farquhar and Yingjin Zhang.
| Other author | Farquhar, Mary Ann, 1949- |
| Other author | Zhang, Yingjin. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London ; New York, NY : Routledge, |
| Description | xviii, 244 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| 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 note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2009039716 |
| ISBN | 0415573904 (hbk) |
| ISBN | 0203854853 (ebk) |
| ISBN | 9780415573900 (hbk) |
| ISBN | 9780203854853 (ebk) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |