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East Asian Film Stars

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  • © 2014

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Editors:
  1. Leung Wing-Fai

    1. School of Asian Studies, University College Cork, Ireland

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  2. Andy Willis

    1. School of Media, Music and Performance, University of Salford, UK

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction: Star Power from Hollywood to East Asia

    1. Introduction: Star Power from Hollywood to East Asia

      • Andy Willis, Leung Wing-Fai
      Pages 1-16

  5. Stardom and Stars: From the Past

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 157-157
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    2. Grace Chang: Dreaming Hong Kong

      • David Desser
      Pages 159-174

    3. Kyo Machiko: East Meets West

      • Martin Carter
      Pages 175-189

    4. Stars as Production and Consumption: A Case Study of Brigitte Lin

      • Ming-Yeh T. Rawnsley
      Pages 190-204

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

      • Mark Morris
      Pages 205-221

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 222-228
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Many stars from China, Japan and Korea are the most popular and instantly recognizable in the world. East Asian Film Stars brings together some of the world's leading cinema scholars to offer their insights into the work of regional and transnational screen legends, contemporary superstars and mysterious cult personas.

Editors and Affiliations

  • School of Asian Studies, University College Cork, Ireland

    Leung Wing-Fai

  • School of Media, Music and Performance, University of Salford, UK

    Andy Willis

About the editors

Martin Carter, Sheffield Hallam University, UK Felicia Chan, University of Manchester, UK Anne Ciecko, international cinema educator and academic researcher David Desser, University of Illinois, USA Lin Feng, University of Hull, UK Christopher Howard, Chongqing University, PRC Nikki J.Y. Lee, Nottingham Trent University, UK Leung Wing-Fai, University College Cork, Ireland Daniel Martin, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), South Korea Mark Morris, University of Cambridge, UK Dr Ming-Yeh T. Rawnsley, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK Andy Willis, University of Salford, UK Jie Zhang, Trinity University, USA

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