Sounding the modern woman : the songstress in Chinese cinema /

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"From the beginning of the sound cinema era, singing actresses captivated Chinese audiences. In Sounding the Modern Woman, Jean Ma shows how their rise to stardom attests to the changing roles of women in urban modernity and the complex symbiosis between the film and music industries. The songs...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Ma, Jean, 1972- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham ; London : Duke University Press, 2015.
Subjects:
Motion pictures > China > History.
Women singers in motion pictures.
Women singers > China.
Cinéma > Chine > Histoire.
Chanteuses au cinéma.
Chanteuses > Chine.
PERFORMING ARTS > Reference.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > History & Criticism.
Motion pictures.
Women singers.
Film
Sängerin > Motiv
Filmschauspielerin
Kina.
Sångerskor.
China.
China
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • A songstress is born
  • From Shanghai to Hong Kong
  • The little wildcat
  • The mambo girl
  • Carmen, Camille, and the undoing of women Coda.

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