Transnational Stardom: International Celebrity in Film and Popular Culture

Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Introduction....Pages 1-16
Front Matter....Pages 17-17
A Panel Discussion on Transnational Stardom....Pages 19-28
Front Matter....Pages 29-29
John Wayne’s Japan: International Production, Global Trade, and John Wayne’s Diplomacy in The Barbarian and the Geisha ....Pages 31-51
Hanoi Jane Française: Transnational in Time....Pages 53-73
Front Matter....Pages 75-75
Alain Delon, International Man of Mystery....Pages 77-94
The Transnational Career of Geneviève Bujold....Pages 95-114
Front Matter....Pages 115-115
Hong Kong’s It/Ip Man: The Chinese Contexts of Donnie Yen’s Transnational Stardom....Pages 117-137
Tony Jaa: Hong Kong Action Cinema as Mode in Thai Action Stardom....Pages 139-162
Front Matter....Pages 163-163
(Almost) Everybody Loves Javier Bardem… “For He Is a Good Actor”: Critical Reception in the Spanish and US Media....Pages 165-186
From Heroine to “Brand Shilpa”: Reality Television, Transnational Cultural Economics, and the Remaking of the Bollywood Star....Pages 187-206
Pink Rupees or Gay Icons? Accounting for the Camp Appropriation of Male Bollywood Stars....Pages 207-226
Front Matter....Pages 227-227
Shakira as the Idealized Transnational Citizen: A Case Study of Colombianidad in Transition....Pages 229-256
Michael Jackson: Crisis, Resistance, and International Freakdom....Pages 257-276
Back Matter....Pages 277-293