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Chinese Film Stars (Routledge Contemporary China Series),New
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This Volume Of Original Essays Fills A Significant Research Gap In Chinese Film Studies By Offering An Interdisciplinary, Comparative Examination Of Ethnic Chinese Film Stars From The Silent Period To The Era Of Globalization. Whereas Studies Of Stars And Stardom Have Developed Considerably In The West Over The Past Two Decades, There Is No Single Book In English That Critically Addresses Issues Related To Stars And Stardom In Chinese Culture.Chinese Film Stars Offers Exemplary Readings Of Historically, Geographically And Aesthetically Multifaceted Star Phenomena. An International Line Up Of Contributors Test A Variety Of Approaches In Making Sense Of Discourses Of Stars And Stardom In China And The Us, Explore Historical Contexts In Which Chinese Film Stars Are Constructed And Transformed In Relation To Changing Sociopolitical Conditions, And Consider Issues Of Performance And Identity Specific To Individual Stars Through Chapterbychapter Case Studies. The Essays Explore A Wide Range Of Topics Such As Star Performance, Character Type, Media Construction, Political Propaganda, Online Discourses, Autobiographic Narration, As Well As Issues Of Gender, Genre, Memory And Identity.Including Fifteen Case Studies Of Individual Chinese Stars And Illustrated With Film Stills Throughout, This Book Is An Essential Read For Students Of Chinese Film, Media And Cultural Studies.
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