East Asian Film Stars brings together some of the world’s leading cinema scholars to offer their insights into the work of regional and transnational screen legends, contemporary superstars and
mysterious cult personas. This collection of original essaysexplores some of the most globally recognizable and popular, yet academically underexplored, film stars from Japan, Korea and Chinese
language cinemas, placing them into their economic, cultural and social contexts, and discussing them in relation to notions of gender, ethnicity and identity. It offers an extension of star
studies beyond its traditional geographical and cultural focus on Hollywood and European performers, exploring stardom across national and regional borders, and taking into account
theincreasingly important phenomenon of international co-productions and distribution that are aimed at diverse markets. East Asian Film Stars traverses disciplinary boundaries and considers
film stardom as part of ever-changing cultural practices and discourses -- from publisher.
