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Chinese Stardom in Participatory Cyberculture
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Book Presentation:
Examines transnational Chinese stardom as a Web-based phenomenon
• Generates a new model to address the virtual forms of stardom and the under-explored dimensions of Chinese stars
• Revisits the star construction of globally acclaimed Chinese performers such as Jet Li, Jackie Chan and Donnie Yen
• Themes include: star performance; the star body; ethnicity; stars and audience; and phonic persona
As Chinese performers have become more visible on global screens, their professional images - once the preserve of studios and agents - have been increasingly relayed and reworked by film fans. Web technology has made searching, poaching, editing, posting and sharing texts significantly easier, and by using a variety of seamless and innovative methods a new mode of personality construction has been developed. With case studies of high-profile stars like Jet Li, Jackie Chan and Donnie Yen, this ground-breaking book examines transnational Chinese stardom as a Web-based phenomenon, and as an outcome of the participatory practices of cyber fans.
About the Author:
Dorothy Wai Sim Lau is an Associate Professor at the Academy of Film, Hong Kong Baptist University. Her research interests include stardom, celebrities, fandom, Asian cinema, Hong Kong cinema, digital culture, and screen culture. She is the author of Celebrity Activism and Philanthropy in Asia: Toward a Cosmopolitical Imaginary (2024), Reorienting Chinese Stars in Global Polyphonic Networks: Voice, Ethnicity, Power (2021) and Chinese Stardom in Participatory Cyberculture (2019). Lau was the visiting scholar at the School of East Asian Studies, The University of Sheffield in 2022.
Press Reviews:
Lau’s book valuably contributes to a growing body of literature nudging film theory beyond the filmic. This, then, is film theory for the twenty-first century: it acknowledges (and hypothesizes about) the impact of Web culture on all aspects of cinema, from the manufacture of star personae to new viral forms of film distribution and promotion.– Gary Bettinson, The Year's Work in Critical and Cultural Theory
If you’re even remotely interested in Chinese cinema or digital media, I beseech you to read this book. Lau’s analysis is diligent, smart, and she writes with gimlet-eyed conviction. The proposition that fans create meaning out of their virtual interactions with popular stars is thoroughly tested on this proving ground.– Julian Stringer, University of Nottingham
See the publisher website: Edinburgh University Press
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