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Jet Li: 'Wushu Master' in sport and film
Mary Ann Farquhar
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The article was published on 2010-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 7 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Jet (fluid).read more
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The Commercial Appropriation of Fame : A Cultural Analysis of the Right of Publicity and Passing Off
TL;DR: Tan as discussed by the authors explores the right of publicity in the US and the passing off action in the UK and Australia, and demonstrates how an appreciation of the production, circulation and consumption of fame can be incorporated into a pragmatic framework to further the understanding of the laws protecting the commercial value of the celebrity personality.
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Beyond Celebrity Politics: Celebrity as Governmentality in China:
Zhongxuan Lin,Yupei Zhao +1 more
TL;DR: Li et al. as discussed by the authors investigated the crucial political dimension of celebrity and examined celebrities' great potential for governmentality in Chinese context by tracing the history of celebrities in the Chinese context.
Getting close to the media world: an ethnographic analysis of everyday encounters with the film industry in contemporary China
TL;DR: The authors investigates the role and significance of "unmediated" encounters with the media world in contemporary Chinese society, focusing on media encounters and the desire and related practices among "normal people" to experience a close physical proximity to objects, places or people from the "media world".
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Modern China’s Idols: Heroes, Role Models, Stars and Celebrities
TL;DR: This article examined the diversity of China's popular culture idols with reference to a commemorative website called "The Search for Modern China" which was launched in late September 2009 to celebrate the sixtieth anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China (PRC) under the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party on 1 October 1949.
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‘Mingren are the respectable ones’: an analysis of everyday engagements with contemporary celebrity culture in China
TL;DR: This paper investigated the values and social norms underpinning celebrity culture, and found that everyday uses of celebrity culture can be traced to these values and norms, and that they can be found in a variety of contexts.
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The Commercial Appropriation of Fame : A Cultural Analysis of the Right of Publicity and Passing Off
TL;DR: Tan as discussed by the authors explores the right of publicity in the US and the passing off action in the UK and Australia, and demonstrates how an appreciation of the production, circulation and consumption of fame can be incorporated into a pragmatic framework to further the understanding of the laws protecting the commercial value of the celebrity personality.
Journal ArticleDOI
Beyond Celebrity Politics: Celebrity as Governmentality in China:
Zhongxuan Lin,Yupei Zhao +1 more
TL;DR: Li et al. as discussed by the authors investigated the crucial political dimension of celebrity and examined celebrities' great potential for governmentality in Chinese context by tracing the history of celebrities in the Chinese context.
Getting close to the media world: an ethnographic analysis of everyday encounters with the film industry in contemporary China
TL;DR: The authors investigates the role and significance of "unmediated" encounters with the media world in contemporary Chinese society, focusing on media encounters and the desire and related practices among "normal people" to experience a close physical proximity to objects, places or people from the "media world".
Journal ArticleDOI
Modern China’s Idols: Heroes, Role Models, Stars and Celebrities
TL;DR: This article examined the diversity of China's popular culture idols with reference to a commemorative website called "The Search for Modern China" which was launched in late September 2009 to celebrate the sixtieth anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China (PRC) under the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party on 1 October 1949.
Journal ArticleDOI
‘Mingren are the respectable ones’: an analysis of everyday engagements with contemporary celebrity culture in China
TL;DR: This paper investigated the values and social norms underpinning celebrity culture, and found that everyday uses of celebrity culture can be traced to these values and norms, and that they can be found in a variety of contexts.