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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Shenshen Cai (Monash University, Australia)Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic Edition: POD First ISBN: 9781350409460ISBN 10: 1350409464 Pages: 168 Publication Date: 02 May 2024 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction: Celebrity Culture in Contemporary China Chapter 2: Scandalous Celebrity, Moral Transgression and Governance in the Sinophone Entertainment World Chapter 3: Contemporary Chinese Stars: Voicing Concerns about China’s Human and Civil Rights as Public Intellectuals Chapter 4: Sports Stars as Political Activists in Contemporary China Chapter 5: Female Chinese Celebrities and their Rights-Defending CampaignsReviewsContemporary Chinese Celebrities is a theoretically informed and fine-grained study of celebrities in China today. Shenshen Cai deals with not just pop stars, sporting celebrities, and consumer influencers, but also with political activists, feminists, satirists, social commentators, environmental critics, and advocates for public health. In brief, this book deals with many of the most sensitive and controversial events that have taken place in China in recent years. This volume will be appreciated by anyone who wants to keep up to date with social and political trends in China. * Anne E. McLaren, University of Melbourne, Australia * This is the definitive book on Chinese celebrity today. With a rare mix of historical insight and sharp contemporary observation, Shenshen Cai shows how China’s celebrity culture emerges from ongoing dynamic interactions between politics, publics, moralities and markets. A must-read for anyone who wants to understand pop culture in today’s China. * Fran Martin, University of Melbourne, Australia * Author InformationShenshen Cai is Lecturer in Chinese Studies at Monash University, Australia. Cai is the author of State Propaganda in China’s Entertainment Industry (2016), Television Drama in Contemporary China: Political, Social and Cultural Phenomena (2016), and Contemporary Chinese Films and Celebrity Directors (2017). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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