Pornography, ideology, and the internet : a Japanese adult video actress in mainland China / Mei Zhang.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zhang, Mei, 1981- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aoi, Sola, 1983---Appreciation--China.

Aoi, Sola.

Pornography in popular culture--China.

Pornography in popular culture.

Internet--Social aspects--China.

Internet.

Pornographic films--Social aspects--China.

Pornographic films.

Motion picture actors and actresses--Japan.

Motion picture actors and actresses.

Social aspects.

Internet--Social aspects.

Japan.

China.

Physical Description:

xl, 201 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2019]

Summary:

"This book investigates how a Japanese pornographic star can be treated as a cultural product and can be a window into the effects of the cross-cultural migration of cultural products. This in turn reveals that the transformative intermediaries play a significant role in the transformation of cultural products in China"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Sola in Japan: an "ordinary" girl and "unordinary" idol

Sola as a weapon of resistance for Chinese internet users

Two Chinese agencies repositioning Sola

A case of promotion: negotiation between commercial news portals and the two agencies

Sola's image transformation: becoming a site of contestation

Sola's image transformation and Chinese youth's identity

Sola going back to Japan as "the most famous Japanese in China".

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Zhang, Mei, 1981- author. Pornography, ideology, and the internet

ISBN:

9781498560887

1498560881

OCLC:

1060182609