Making personas : transnational film stardom in modern Japan /

Making personas : transnational film stardom in modern Japan /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Fujiki, Hideaki, 1965- author.
Imprint:	Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Asia Center, 2013.
Description:	xiv, 408 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Harvard-Yenching Institute monograph series ; 79 Harvard-Yenching Institute monograph series ; 79.
Subject:	Motion picture actors and actresses -- Japan. Motion pictures -- Japan -- History -- 20th century. Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States. Fame -- History -- 20th century. Civilization -- American influences. Fame. Motion picture actors and actresses. Motion pictures. Japan -- Civilization -- American influences. Japan. United States. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9800912

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ISBN:	9780674065697 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0674065697 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Note on Japanese Names and Translations
Introduction
Part I. Early Domestic Film Stardom
1. Benshi as Stars
2. Performative Virtuosity and Honorific Stature
Part II. The Japanese Embrace of American Stars
3. The Proliferation of American Film Stars
4. American Film Stars Reshaping Japanese Culture
Part III. Forming New Domestic Film Stardom
5. Restructuring the Star System
6. Replacing the Onnagata
7. Establishing Japanese Actresses: Tachibana Teijiro to Kurishima Sumiko
Part IV. Film Stars and Modern Girls
8. Modern Girls and Clara Bow
9. The Respectable Modern Girl: Natsukawa Shizue
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index