East Asian Film Stars

1. Introduction: Star Power from Hollywood to East Asia

1. Introduction: Star Power from Hollywood to East Asia
Andy Willis, Leung Wing-Fai

Part I. Markets and Reception

2. Body of Action, Face of Authenticity: Symbolic Stars in the Transnational Marketing and Reception of East Asian Cinema
Daniel Martin

3. Pop-orientalism and the Asian Star Body: Rain and the Transnational Hollywood Action Movie
Nikki J. Y. Lee

4. National Idols? The Problem of ‘Transnationalizing’ Film Stardom in Japan’s Idol Economy
Christopher Howard

5. Zhang Ziyi: The New Face of Chinese Femininity
Leung Wing-Fai

Part II. Regional and Global Stars

6. Maggie Cheung, ‘une Chinoise’: Acting and Agency in the Realm of Transnational Stardom
Felicia Chan

7. Joan Chen: National, International and Transnational Stardom
Jie Zhang

8. Translocal Imagination of Hong Kong Connections: The Shifting of Chow Yun-fat’s Star Image Since 1997
Lin Feng

9. Asano Tadanobu and Transnational Stardom: The Paradoxical Polysemy of Cool
Anne Ciecko

10. Too Late the Hero? The Delayed Stardom of Donnie Yen
Leon Hunt

Part III. Stardom and Stars: From the Past

11. Grace Chang: Dreaming Hong Kong
David Desser

12. Kyo Machiko: East Meets West
Martin Carter

13. Stars as Production and Consumption: A Case Study of Brigitte Lin
Ming-Yeh T. Rawnsley

14. A Genealogy of the South Korean Action ‘Star’: Jang Dong-hwi, Hwang Jeong-ri, Jeong Du-hong
Mark Morris

Keywords: Cultural and Media Studies, Regional and Cultural Studies, Performing Arts, Film History, Asian Cinema, Genre, Film and Television Studies