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Chinese Stardom in Participatory Cyberculture /

Examines transnational Chinese stardom as a Web-based phenomenonGenerates a new model to address the virtual forms of stardom and the under-explored dimensions of Chinese starsRevisits the star construction of globally acclaimed Chinese performers such as Jet Li, Jackie Chan and Donnie YenThemes inc...

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Autor principal: Lau, Dorothy Wai Sim (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]
Colección:International Film Stars : IFS
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of figures
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes on the text
  • Introduction: a phenomenon aft er cinema
  • the Chinese stardom goes 'cyber'
  • 1 Blogging Donnie Yen: remaking the martial arts body as a cyber-intertext
  • 2 'Flickering' Jackie Chan: the actor-ambassadorial persona on photo-sharing sites
  • 'Friending' Jet Li on Facebook: the celebrity-philanthropist persona in online social networks
  • 4 YouTubing Zhang Ziyi: Chinese female stardom in fan videos on video-sharing sites
  • 5 Discussing Takeshi Kaneshiro: the pan-Asian star image on fan forums
  • Conclusion: reimagining Chineseness in the global cyberculture
  • Bibliography
  • Filmography
  • Index