Female Celebrities in Contemporary Chinese Society

This book focuses on a representative group of contemporary Chinese female celebrities including actors, directors, writers and reporters, notably personalities such as Liu Xiaoqing, Hong Huang, Chai Jing and the most sought after young generation actors, Yang Mi and Guan Xiaotong. It analyses the o...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Cai, Shenshen (Editor)
Format: e-Book
Language:English
Published: Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore : 2019.
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
Edition:1st ed. 2019.
Subjects:
Feminism.
Feminist theory.
Motion pictures > Asia.
Sex.
Feminism and Feminist Theory.
Asian Film and TV.
Gender Studies.
Online Access:Full-text access
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • A Feminist Reading of Chinese Actress Liu Xiaoqing's Screen Roles and Life Story
  • Chai Jing: The Power of Vulnerability
  • Subverting the "good wife and wise mother": the roles and public persona of Xu Jinglei
  • Female Subjectivity On and Off the Screen: The Rare Case of Writer-Director Peng Xiaolian
  • Talented Celebrity Rene Liu: Spokesperson of the Left-over Women (Sheng Nu)
  • Changing Platformativity of China's Female Wanghong: From Anni Baobei to Zhang Dayi
  • Women's Access to Political Power: An Analysis of the Life Trajectory of Wu Yi
  • In Search of Celebrity Feminists in Contemporary China
  • Hong Huang: An Unconventional Woman's Life: The Highborn "Ruffian".

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