East Asian Film Stars

Martin Carter, Sheffield Hallam University, UKFelicia Chan, University of Manchester, UKAnne Ciecko, international cinema educator and academic researcherDavid Desser, University of Illinois, USALin Feng, University of Hull, UKChristopher Howard, Chongqing University, PRCNikki J.Y. Lee, Nottingham Trent University, UKLeung Wing-Fai, University College Cork, IrelandDaniel Martin, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), South KoreaMark Morris, University of Cambridge, UKDr Ming-Yeh T. Rawnsley, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UKAndy Willis, University of Salford, UKJie Zhang, Trinity University, USA

• 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