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Celebrity in China / edited by Louise Edwards and Elaine Jeffreys.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Gale eBooks
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Celebrities--China.
- Celebrities.
- Fame--Social aspects--China.
- Fame.
- Popular culture--China.
- Popular culture.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 286 pages) : illustrations, portraits
- Place of Publication:
- Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Celebrity is a pervasive aspect of everyday life and a growing field of academic inquiry. This is the first book-length exploration of celebrity culture in the People's Republic of China and its interaction with international norms of celebrity production. The book comprises case studies from popular culture (film, music, dance, literature, internet); official culture (military, political, and moral exemplars) and business celebrities. This breadth illuminates the ways capitalism and communism converge in the elevation of particular individuals to fame in contemporary China. The book will inte
- Contents:
- Celebrity/China / Elaine Jeffreys and Louise Edwards
- Military celebrity in China : the evolution of 'heroic and model servicemen' / Louise Edwards
- China's celebrity mothers : female virtues, patriotism and social harmony / Yingjie Guo
- Accidental celebrities : China's chastity heroines and charity / Elaine Jeffreys
- Celebrity philanthropy : the cultivation of China's HIV/AIDS heroes / Johanna Hood
- Jet Li : 'wushu master' in sport and film / Mary Farquhar
- Literary celebrity in China : from reformers to rebels / Shuyu Kong
- Flexible celebrity : a half-century of Miao pop / Louise Schein
- Jin Xing : China's transsesual star of dance / Gloria Davies and M.E. Davies
- China's celebrity entrepreneurs : business models for 'success' / David J. Davies
- China's internet celebrity : Furong Jiejie / I.D. Roberts.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 988-220-667-0
- 1-282-75021-6
- 9786612750212
- 988-220-522-4
- OCLC:
- 707092627
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