East Asian Film Stars

List of Figures Notes on Contributors Introduction; Andy Willis and Leung Wing-Fai PART I: MARKETS AND RECEPTION 1. Body of Action, Face of Authenticity: Symbolic Stars in the Transnational Marketing and Reception of East Asian Cinema; Daniel Martin 2. Pop-orientalism and Asian Star Body: Rain and the Transnational Hollywood Action Movie; Nikki J.Y. Lee 3. National Idols? The Problem of 'Transnationalizing' Film Stardom in Japan's Idol Economy; Christopher Howard 4. Zhang Ziyi: The New Face of Chinese Femininity; Leung Wing-Fai PART II: REGIONAL AND GLOBAL STARS 5. Maggie Cheung, 'une Chinoise': Acting and Agency in the Realm of Transnational Stardom; Felicia Chan 6. Joan Chen: National, International and Transnational Stardom; Jie Zhang 7. Translocal Imagination of Hong Kong Connections: The Shifting of Chow Yun-fat's Star Image Since 1997; Lin Feng 8. Asano Tadanobu and Transnational Stardom: The Paradoxical Polysemy of Cool; Anne Ciecko 9. Too Late the Hero? The Delayed Stardom of Donnie Yen; Leon Hunt PART III: STARDOM AND STARS: FROM THE PAST 10. Grace Chang: Dreaming Hong Kong; David Desser 11. Kyo Machiko: East Meets West; Martin Carter 12. Stars as Production and Consumption: A Case Study of Brigitte Lin; Ming-Yeh T. Rawnsley 13. A Genealogy of the South Korean Action 'Star': Jang Dong-hwi, Hwang Jeong-ri, Jeong Du-hong; Mark Morris Index