Stars in World Cinema: Screen Icons and Star Systems Across Cultures

by Andrea Bandhauer (Editor), Julian Ross (Editor), Michelle Royer (Editor), Lúcia Nagib (Editor)

Overview

Deflecting the attention from Hollywood, Stars in World Cinema fills an important gap in the study of film by bringing together Star Studies and World Cinema. A team of international scholars here bring their expertise and in-depth knowledge of world cultures and cinema to the study of stars and stardom from six continents, exploring their cultures, their local history and their global relevance. Chapters look at the role of acting, music, singing, painting and martial arts in the making of stars from Australia's indigenous population, Austria, China, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, India, Iran, Japan, North and South Korea, Nigeria, the Philippines, the former Soviet Union, Spain, North and South America.

Since the very beginnings of cinema, actors and stars have been central to its history and have been one of the medium's defining characteristics. They have also been fundamental to the marketing of cinema and have played a major part in the reception of films in many cultures. Stars in World Cinema examines stardom and the circulation of stars across borders, analysing how local star systems or non-systems construct stardom around the world. Contributors put into practice their local knowledge of history, language and cultural systems, to consider issues of hybridity, boundary crossing, the mobility of stardom, and embodied spectatorship, in order to further the understanding of stars in light the of recent interest in reception theory.

Rooted in a multidisciplinary and polycentric approach, this book throws light on unexpected connections between stars and stardoms from different parts of the world, cutting across chronology, geographies and film history.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781780769776
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	05/28/2015
Series:	World Cinema
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Andrea Bandhauer and Michelle Royer are Senior Lecturers at The University of Sydney (Australia).

Table of Contents

Introduction Stars Studies and World Cinema; Andrea Bandhauer and Michelle Royer
PART I: FILM ICONS AND STAR SYSTEMS
1. I Love You When You're Angry: Amitabh Bachchan, Emotion and the Star in the Hindi Film; Rachel Dwyer
2. 'They have made Africa proud': The Nollywood star system in Nigeria and beyond; Lizelle Bisschoff
3. The Star of the East: Umm Kulthum, Stardom, and the Egyptian Cinema; Ifdal Elsaket
4. Hara Setsuko: Japan's eternal virgin and reluctant star of the silver screen; Mats Karlsson
PART II: STARDOM MOBILITY AND THE EXOTIC
5. Carmen Miranda: from Brazilian film star to international 'tropical Other'; Lisa Shaw
6. 'America is home … America is her oyster!' Dynamics of ethnic assimilation in Alida Valli's American star persona; Antonella Palmieri
7. Spanish Stars, Distant Dreams: The Role of Voice in Shaping Perception; Anne L. Walsh
8. Dancing with Hollywood: Re-Defining Transnational Chinese Stardom; Sabrina Q. Yu
PART III: THE POLITICS OF STARDOM
9. I'm ready for my close-up Mr Ayatollah! The Ideology of Female Stardom in Iranian Cinema; Michelle Langford
10. BEWARE FILM STAR! Towards a performance and cultural analysis of Innokenty Smoktunovsky as Soviet film star; Greg Dolgopolov and Ludmila Stern
11. Filmmaking on the Edge: Director Shin Sang-ok and actress Choi Eun-hee; Leonid Petrov
12. Indigenous Icons and Teaching Balanda: From Walkabout to Ten Canoes; Art, Activism and David Gulpilil; Karen O'Brien
PART IV: STARS, BODIES AND PERFORMANCE
13. Sharon's Noranian Turban: Stardom, Race, and Language in Philippine Cinema; Bliss Cua Lim
14. Weak Masculinity and Male Stardom in Greek Cinema; Vrasidas Karalis
15. Star Embodiment and the 'Lived Experience' of Aging in Cinema: The Case of Amour (Michael Haneke 2012); Michelle Royer
16. 'I cannot live without performing': Romy Schneider on- and off-screen embodiments of the tragic; Andrea Bandhauer