Chinese Film Stars Book

1. Introduction: Chinese Film Stars Yingjin Zhang and Mary Farquhar Part I: Early Cinema: Crossing Race and Class Divides 2. Anna May Wong: A Border-crossing ‘Minor’ Star Mediating Performance Yiman Wang 3. Ruan Lingyu: Reflections on an Individual Performance Style Mette Hjort 4. Li Lili: Acting a Lively Jianmei Type Sean MacDonald Part II: Socialist Cinema: From Film Star to Model Worker 5. Mei Lanfang: Facial Signature and Political Performance in Opera Film John Zou 6. Zhao Dan: Spectrality of Martyrdom and Stardom Yingjin Zhang 7. Zhang Ruifang: Modelling the Socialist Red Star Xiaoning Lu 8. Zhong Xinghuo: Communist Film Worker Krista Van Fleit Hang Part III: Taiwan Cinema: Diaspora, Transvestism, Non-professionalism 9. Ling Bo: Orphanhood and Post-war Sinophone Film History ZHANG Zhen 10. Brigitte Lin Ching Hsia: Last Eastern Star of the Late Twentieth Century Tony Williams 11. Lee Kang-sheng: Non-professional Star Michael Lawrence Part IV: Hong Kong and Transnational Cinema: Action, Gender, Emotion 12. ‘Bruce Lee’ after Bruce Lee: A Life in Conjectures Brian Hu 13. Jackie Chan: Star Work as Pain and Triumph Mary Farquhar 14. Chow Yun-fat: Hong Kong’s Modern TV Xiaosheng Lin FENG 15. Leslie Cheung: Star as Autosexual Julian Stringer 16. Jet Li: Star Construction and Fan Discourse on the Internet Sabrina Qiong Yu