LEADER 00000cam a2200541 i 4500 001 883647014 003 OCoLC 005 20160826063049.6 008 141123s2015 ncu b 001 0 eng 010 2014044250 020 9780822358657|q(hardcover ;|qacid-free paper) 020 0822358654|q(hardcover ;|qacid-free paper) 020 9780822358763|q(pbk. ;|qacid-free paper) 020 082235876X|q(pbk. ;|qacid-free paper) 020 |z9780822375623|q(e-book) 020 |z0822375621 040 NcD/DLC|beng|erda|cNDD|dDLC|dSTF|dYDXCP|dBTCTA|dBDX|dOCLCF |dCDX|dGZM|dTKN|dCOO|dZCU|dZLM|dS3O|dCHVBK|dOCLCQ 042 pcc 043 a-cc--- 050 00 PN1993.5.C6|bM354 2015 082 00 791.43/65220951|223 100 1 Ma, Jean,|d1972- 245 10 Sounding the modern woman :|bthe songstress in Chinese cinema /|cJean Ma. 264 1 Durham ;|aLondon :|bDuke University Press,|c2015. 300 ix, 282 pages ;|c24 cm 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 338 volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-266) and index. 505 0 A songstress is born -- From Shanghai to Hong Kong -- The little wildcat -- The mambo girl -- Carmen, Camille, and the undoing of women -- Coda. 520 "From the beginning of the sound cinema era, singing actresses captivated Chinese audiences. In Sounding the Modern Woman, Jean Ma shows how their rise to stardom attests to the changing roles of women in urban modernity and the complex symbiosis between the film and music industries. The songstress--whether appearing as an opera actress, showgirl, revolutionary, or country lass--belongs to the lineage of the Chinese modern woman, and her forty year prevalence points to a distinctive gendering of lyrical expression in Chinese film. Ma guides readers through film history by way of the on and off-screen careers of many of the most compelling performers in Chinese film history, such as Zhou Xuan and Grace Chang, revealing the ways that national crises and Cold War conflict shaped their celebrity. As a bridge between the film cultures of prewar Shanghai and postwar Hong Kong, the songstress brings into view a dense web of connections linking these two periods and places that cut across the divides of war, national politics, and geography."-- Publisher's description. 650 0 Motion pictures|zChina|xHistory. 650 0 Women singers in motion pictures. 650 0 Women singers|zChina. 650 7 Motion pictures.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01027285 650 7 Women singers.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01178528 650 7 Women singers in motion pictures.|2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01905190 650 7 Film.|0(DE-588)4017102-4|2gnd 650 7 Sängerin.|0(DE-588)4747262-5|2gnd 650 7 Filmschauspielerin.|0(DE-588)4017141-3|2gnd 650 7 Kina.|2sfit 650 7 Sångerskor.|2sfit 651 7 China.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01206073 651 7 China.|0(DE-588)4009937-4|2gnd 655 7 History.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01411628 935 .o17756157 954 20170421|bMarcive Authority Bib 956 20160825|bPRVY 956 20170410|bpfmcq|cMC 957 OCLC xref loaded 20180325 994 92|bCUY