Lin Feng

Chow Yun-Fat and Territories of Hong Kong Stardom

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Produktbeschreibung

Using Chow's transnational and trans-regional star persona as a case study, Lin Feng investigates stardom as an agent for mediating the sociocultural construction of Hong Kong and Chinese identities.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• 75, 000 ed.
• Seitenzahl: 600
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. August 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 157mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 308g
• ISBN-13: 9781474437516
• ISBN-10: 1474437516
• Artikelnr.: 51156875

Autorenporträt

Lin Feng is Lecturer in Film Studies at the University of Leicester.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I From a Hong Kong Citizen to a Cosmopolitan Resident: A Face of
Social Mobility in Hong Kong between 1973 and 1995
1: The Birth of a TV Star: A Modern Hong Kong Xiaosheng
2: From a TV Star to a Film Actor: Star Performance in Hong Kong Cinema
3: Star Endorsement and Hong Kong Cinema: The Social Mobility of Chow
Yun-fat
4: 'Come Laugh with Me': the Construction of Cosmopolitan Residentship in
Chow Yun-fat's Comedies
Part II From an Expatriate Hong Kong Star to a Returning HKSAR Star: A
Chinese Icon in the Transnational Cinema from 1995 Onwards
5: The Birth of a Hollywood Star: an Asian Hero in America
6: A Middle-aged Man in the Transnational Martial Arts Cinema: Aging Star
and the Myth of Midlife Angst
7: Glocalising Chinese Stardom: Internet Publicity and the Negotiation of
Transnational Stardom
8: Endowing the Fatherhood: The Power Game beyond Chinese Cinema
Conclusion
Filmography
Glossary
Bibliography
Appendix I: Chow Yun-fat's Filmography
Appendix II: Chow Yun-fat's TV Works