Chinese Stardom in Participatory Cyberculture
As Chinese performers have become more visible on global screens, their professional images - once the preserve of studios and agents - have been increasingly relayed and reworked by film fans. Web technology has made searching, poaching, editing, posting and sharing texts significantly easier, and...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Edinburgh
Edinburgh University Press
2018, 2018
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| Series: | International Film Stars Ser
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| Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | As Chinese performers have become more visible on global screens, their professional images - once the preserve of studios and agents - have been increasingly relayed and reworked by film fans. Web technology has made searching, poaching, editing, posting and sharing texts significantly easier, and by using a variety of seamless and innovative methods a new mode of personality construction has been developed. 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 |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| ISBN: | 9781474430333 147443035X 1474430333 |