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
Main Author: Ma, Jean, 1972- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London : Duke University Press, 2015.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Sångerskor.
Kina.
Filmschauspielerin
Sängerin > Motiv
Film
Women singers in motion pictures.
Women singers.
Motion pictures.
PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / History & Criticism
PERFORMING ARTS > Reference.
Chanteuses > Chine.
Chanteuses au cinema.
Cinema > Chine > Histoire.
Women singers > China.
Motion pictures > China > History.
China
China.
History.
Electronic books.
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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