Chow Yun-fat and territories of Hong Kong stardom /

As one of the most popular and versatile Hong Kong film stars, Chow Yun-fat has enjoyed international success over the last four decades. Using Choẃ⁰₉s transnational and trans-regional star persona as a case study, Lin Feng investigates stardom as an agent for mediating the sociocultural constructi...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Feng, Lin (Of University of Hull) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2017]
Subjects:
Chow, Yun-fat.
Chow, Yun-fat
Motion picture actors and actresses > Social aspects > China > Hong Kong.
Motion picture industry > China.
Cinéma > Industrie > Chine.
PERFORMING ARTS > Reference.
PERFORMING ARTS > Acting & Auditioning.
Motion picture actors and actresses
Motion picture industry
Filmstar
China
China > Hong Kong
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The birth of a TV star: a modern Hong Kong Xiaosheng
  • From TV star to film actor: star performance in Hong Kong cinema
  • Star endorsement and Hong Kong cinema: the social mobility of Chow Yun-fat
  • `Come laugh with me': the construction of cosmopolitan residentship in Chow Yun-fat's comedies
  • The birth of a Hollywood star: an Asian hero in America
  • Middle-aged men in the transnational martial arts cinema: ageing stars and the myth of midlife angst
  • Glocalising Chinese stardom: internet publicity and the negotiation of transnational stardom
  • Endowing the fatherhood: the power game beyond Chinese cinema.

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