03276nam 22005651 450 991079855450332120220208145055.01-68417-063-X10.1163/9781684170630(CKB)3710000000824202(MiAaPQ)EBC6380415(OCoLC)956711856(nllekb)BRILL9781684170630(MiAaPQ)EBC30975567(Au-PeEL)EBL30975567(EXLCZ)99371000000082420220220208d2013 uy 0engurun| uuuuatxtrdacontentcrdamediardacarrierMaking Personas Transnational Film Stardom in Modern Japan /Hideaki Fujiki1st ed.Boston :Harvard University Asia Center,2013.Leiden; Boston :BRILL,2013.1 online resourceHarvard University Studies in East Asian Law ;790-674-06569-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.The film star is not simply an actor but a historical phenomenon that derives from the production of an actor's attractiveness, the circulation of his or her name and likeness, and the support of media consumers. This book analyzes the establishment and transformation of the transnational film star system and the formations of historically important film stars--Japanese and non-Japanese--and casts new light on Japanese modernity as it unfolded between the 1910s and 1930s. Hideaki Fujiki illustrates how film stardom and the star system emerged and evolved, touching on such facets as the production, representation, circulation, and reception of performers' images in films and other media. Examining several individual performers--particularly benshi narrators, Onoe Matsunosuke, Tachibana Teijirō, Kurishima Sumiko, Clara Bow, and Natsukawa Shizue--as well as certain aspects of different star systems that bolstered individual stardom, this study foregrounds the associations of contradictory, multivalent social factors that constituted modernity in Japan, such as industrialization, capitalism, colonialism, nationalism, and consumerism. Through its nuanced treatment of the production and consumption of film stars, this book shows that modernity is not a simple concept, but an intricate, contested, and paradoxical nexus of diverse social elements emerging in their historical contexts.Harvard University Studies in East Asian Law ;79.Transnational Film Stardom in Modern JapanMotion picture actors and actressesJapanMotion picturesJapanHistory20th centuryMotion picture actors and actressesUnited StatesFameHistory20th centuryJapanCivilizationAmerican influencesMotion picture actors and actressesMotion picturesHistoryMotion picture actors and actressesFameHistory791.430952Fujiki Hideaki1575872NL-LeKBNL-LeKBBOOK9910798554503321Making Personas3853226UNINA