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Making personas : transnational film stardom in modern Japan
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- Creator
- Hideaki Fujiki
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Asia Center, 2013
- Physical Details
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- xiv, 408 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 0674065697, 168417063X, 9781684170630, 9780674065697
- OCLC
- ocn828625607, ocn956711856
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Introduction -- Early domestic film stardom. Benshi as stars -- Performative virtuosity and honorific stature -- The Japanese embrace of American stars. The proliferation of American film stars -- American stars reshaping Japanese culture -- Forming new domestic film stardom. Restructuring the star system -- Replacing the onnagata -- Establishing Japanese actresses -- Film stars and modern girls. Modern girls and Clara Bow -- The respectable modern girl -- Conclusion