Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Early domestic film stardom. Benshi as stars
  • Performative virtuosity and honorific stature
  • The Japanese embrace of American stars. The proliferation of American film stars
  • American stars reshaping Japanese culture
  • Forming new domestic film stardom. Restructuring the star system
  • Replacing the onnagata
  • Establishing Japanese actresses
  • Film stars and modern girls. Modern girls and Clara Bow
  • The respectable modern girl
  • Conclusion.