Chinese Stardom in Participatory Cyberculture

ISBN-13: 9781474430340 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 224 str.

Dorothy Wai Sim Lau

Opis

With case studies of high-profile stars like Jet Li, Jackie Chan and Donnie Yen, this ground-breaking book examines transnational Chinese stardom as a Web-based phenomenon, and as an outcome of the participatory practices of cyber fans.

Spis treści

Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Figures; Note on the Text; Introduction: A Phenomenon After Cinema – The Chinese Stardom Goes ‘Cyber’; Chapter 1: Blogging Donnie Yen: Remaking the Martial Arts Body as a Cyber-Intertext; Chapter 2: ‘Flickering’ Jackie Chan: The Actor-Ambassadorial Persona on Photo-sharing Sites; Chapter 3: ‘Friending’ Jet Li on Facebook: The Celebrity-Philanthropist Persona in Online Social Networks; Chapter 4: YouTubing Zhang Ziyi: Chinese Female Stardom in Fan Videos on Video-sharing Sites; Chapter 5: Discussing Takeshi Kaneshiro: The Pan-Asian Star Image on Fan Forums; Conclusion: Reimagining Chineseness in the Global Cyber Culture; Filmography; Bibliography; Index