Description: Explores the varieties and evolutions of Asian femaleness on-screen, from Asian American stars in Hollywood, to Chinese "chick flicks" and K-cinema.
Brief description: Ian Dixon completed his PhD at The University of Melbourne, Australia, in 2011 and currently lectures at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Ian publishes on Bowie, celebrity studies, cultural studies and film theory and delivers academic papers internationally. He also acts and directs for film and television and writes funded screenplays and novels.
Review Quotes:
"'Starring Asian Femininities has made an intervention in the field by suggesting multiple approaches and methodologies to investigate Asian female stars and present new femininities in the multi-mediated, capricious age.'" --Dorothy W S Lau, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
"Starring Asian Femininities is a revelation. From historical legacies to contemporary reconfigurations of bodies, identities and star discourses, the authors highlight the profound yet overlooked influence Asian women have had on global screen culture. Offering a timely update to scholarship on Asian stardom and gender, the book underscores the resilience, creativity, and transformative impact through which Asian women have reshaped the very meaning of stardom." --Olivia Khoo, Monash University, Australia