Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of figures vi
4. Acknowledgements viii
5. Notes on the text ix
6. Introduction: a phenomenon aft er cinema – the Chinese stardom goes ‘cyber’ 1
7. 1 Blogging Donnie Yen: remaking the martial arts body as a cyber-intertext 29
8. 2 ‘Flickering’ Jackie Chan: the actor-ambassadorial persona on photo-sharing sites 57
9. ‘Friending’ Jet Li on Facebook: the celebrity-philanthropist persona in online social networks 84
10. 4 YouTubing Zhang Ziyi: Chinese female stardom in fan videos on video-sharing sites 107
11. 5 Discussing Takeshi Kaneshiro: the pan-Asian star image on fan forums 130
12. Conclusion: reimagining Chineseness in the global cyberculture 163
13. Bibliography 171
14. Filmography 194
15. Index 201