Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Figures vii
4. Acknowledgements ix
5. Introduction 1
6. Chapter 1 Spectral stars, haunted screens: Cambodian golden age cinema 19
7. Chapter 2 P. Ramlee, the star: Malay stardom and society in the 1950s–60s 36
8. Chapter 3 Shake it like Elvis: Win Oo, the culturally appropriate heart-throb of the Burmese socialist years 51
9. Chapter 4 Trà Giang’s stardom in wartime Vietnam: simple glamour, socialist modernity and acting agency 67
10. Chapter 5 Seeking a passport: the transnational career of Kiều Chinh 84
11. Chapter 6 Three kinds of stardom in Indonesia 104
12. Chapter 7 The Indonesian sex bomb: female sexuality in cinema 1970s–90s 124
13. Chapter 8 Nora Aunor and Sharon Cuneta as migrant workers: stars and labour export in Filipino commercial films 149
14. Chapter 9 One more second chance: love team longevity and utility in the era of the television studio 166
15. Chapter 10 The changing status of the Thai luk khrueng (Eurasian) performer: a case study of Ananda Everingham 182
16. Chapter 11 Fight like a girl: Jeeja Yanin as a female martial arts star 203
17. Notes on contributors 220
18. Index 223