East Asian Film Stars

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Introduction: Star Power from Hollywood to East Asia....Pages 1-16
Front Matter....Pages 17-17
Body of Action, Face of Authenticity: Symbolic Stars in the Transnational Marketing and Reception of East Asian Cinema....Pages 19-34
Pop-orientalism and the Asian Star Body: Rain and the Transnational Hollywood Action Movie....Pages 35-48
National Idols? The Problem of ‘Transnationalizing’ Film Stardom in Japan’s Idol Economy....Pages 49-64
Zhang Ziyi: The New Face of Chinese Femininity....Pages 65-80
Front Matter....Pages 81-81
Maggie Cheung, ‘une Chinoise’: Acting and Agency in the Realm of Transnational Stardom....Pages 83-95
Joan Chen: National, International and Transnational Stardom....Pages 96-112
Translocal Imagination of Hong Kong Connections: The Shifting of Chow Yun-fat’s Star Image Since 1997....Pages 113-127
Asano Tadanobu and Transnational Stardom: The Paradoxical Polysemy of Cool....Pages 128-142
Too Late the Hero? The Delayed Stardom of Donnie Yen....Pages 143-155
Front Matter....Pages 157-157
Grace Chang: Dreaming Hong Kong....Pages 159-174
Kyo Machiko: East Meets West....Pages 175-189
Stars as Production and Consumption: A Case Study of Brigitte Lin....Pages 190-204
A Genealogy of the South Korean Action ‘Star’: Jang Dong-hwi, Hwang Jeong-ri, Jeong Du-hong....Pages 205-221
Back Matter....Pages 222-228