Film Stardom in South East Asia / / ed. by Jonathan Driskell.
Analyses the cinematic and social significance of the star phenomenon in Southeast AsiaThe first book to address the important role played by film stars in Southeast Asian cinemaProvides detailed case studies of many of the region’s biggest stars, including Bea Alonso, Nora Aunor, Kiều Chinh, John L...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Arts 2022 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022] ©2022 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | International Film Stars : IFS
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (240 p.) :; 30 B/W illustrations |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Spectral stars, haunted screens: Cambodian golden age cinema
- Chapter 2 P. Ramlee, the star: Malay stardom and society in the 1950s–60s
- Chapter 3 Shake it like Elvis: Win Oo, the culturally appropriate heart-throb of the Burmese socialist years
- Chapter 4 Trà Giang’s stardom in wartime Vietnam: simple glamour, socialist modernity and acting agency
- Chapter 5 Seeking a passport: the transnational career of Kiều Chinh
- Chapter 6 Three kinds of stardom in Indonesia
- Chapter 7 The Indonesian sex bomb: female sexuality in cinema 1970s–90s
- Chapter 8 Nora Aunor and Sharon Cuneta as migrant workers: stars and labour export in Filipino commercial films
- Chapter 9 One more second chance: love team longevity and utility in the era of the television studio
- Chapter 10 The changing status of the Thai luk khrueng (Eurasian) performer: a case study of Ananda Everingham
- Chapter 11 Fight like a girl: Jeeja Yanin as a female martial arts star
- Notes on contributors
- Index