Stars in World Cinema : Screen Icons and Star Systems Across Cultures.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (272 pages)
- World Cinema Series .
- World Cinema Series .
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Star Studies and World Cinema -- Section 1: Film Icons and Star Systems -- 1. 'I Love You When You're Angry': Amitabh Bachchan, Emotion and the Star in the Hindi Film -- 2. 'They Have Made Africa Proud': The Nollywood Star System in Nigeria and Beyond -- 3. The Star of the East: Umm Kulthum and Egyptian Cinema -- 4. Setsuko Hara: Japan's Eternal Virgin and Reluctant Star of the Silver Screen -- Section 2: Stardom Mobility and the Exotic -- 5. Carmen Miranda: From Brazilian Film Star to International 'Tropical Other' -- 6. 'America is Home . . . America is her Oyster!' The Dynamics of Ethnic Assimilation in Alida Valli's American Star Persona -- 7. Spanish Stars, Distant Dreams: The Role of Voice in Shaping Perception -- 8. Dancing with Hollywood: Redefining Transnational Chinese Stardom -- Section 3: The Politics of Stardom -- 9. I'm Ready for My Close-Up Mr Ayatollah! The Ideology of Female Stardom in Iranian Cinema -- 10. BEWARE FILM STAR! Towards a Performance and Cultural Analysis of Innokenty Smoktunovsky as Soviet Film Star -- 11. Filmmaking on the Edge: Director Shin Sang-ok and Actress Choi Eun-hee -- 12. Indigenous Icons and Teaching Balanda: From Walkabout to Ten Canoes -- Art, Activism and David Gulpilil -- Section 4: Stars, Bodies and Performance -- 13. Sharon's Noranian Turn: Stardom, Race, and Language in Philippine Cinema -- 14. Traumatised Masculinity and Male Stardom in Greek Cinema -- 15. Star Embodiment and the Lived Experience of Ageing in Cinema: The Case of Amour -- 16. 'I Cannot Live Without Performing': Romy Schneider's On- and Off-Screen Embodiments of the Tragic -- Bibliography -- Index.