Lin Feng is Lecturer in Film Studies at the University of Leicester.

This is a well-focused, highly original and impressively detailed analysis of one of the world's leading Chinese film stars in terms of the shifting meanings of celebrity cultures and transnational media.

• Introduction Part I From a Hong Kong Citizen to a Cosmopolitan Resident: A Face of Social Mobility in Hong Kong between 1973 and 1995 1: The Birth of a TV Star: A Modern Hong Kong Xiaosheng 2: From a TV Star to a Film Actor: Star Performance in Hong Kong Cinema 3: Star Endorsement and Hong Kong Cinema: The Social Mobility of Chow Yun-fat 4: ‘Come Laugh with Me’: the Construction of Cosmopolitan Residentship in Chow Yun-fat’s Comedies Part II From an Expatriate Hong Kong Star to a Returning HKSAR Star: A Chinese Icon in the Transnational Cinema from 1995 Onwards 5: The Birth of a Hollywood Star: an Asian Hero in America 6: A Middle-aged Man in the Transnational Martial Arts Cinema: Aging Star and the Myth of Midlife Angst 7: Glocalising Chinese Stardom: Internet Publicity and the Negotiation of Transnational Stardom 8: Endowing the Fatherhood: The Power Game beyond Chinese Cinema Conclusion Filmography Glossary Bibliography Appendix I: Chow Yun-fat’s Filmography Appendix II: Chow Yun-fat’s TV Works

Lin Feng is Lecturer in Film Studies at the University of Leicester.

This is a well-focused, highly original and impressively detailed analysis of one of the world's leading Chinese film stars in terms of the shifting meanings of celebrity cultures and transnational media.

• Introduction Part I From a Hong Kong Citizen to a Cosmopolitan Resident: A Face of Social Mobility in Hong Kong between 1973 and 1995 1: The Birth of a TV Star: A Modern Hong Kong Xiaosheng 2: From a TV Star to a Film Actor: Star Performance in Hong Kong Cinema 3: Star Endorsement and Hong Kong Cinema: The Social Mobility of Chow Yun-fat 4: ‘Come Laugh with Me’: the Construction of Cosmopolitan Residentship in Chow Yun-fat’s Comedies Part II From an Expatriate Hong Kong Star to a Returning HKSAR Star: A Chinese Icon in the Transnational Cinema from 1995 Onwards 5: The Birth of a Hollywood Star: an Asian Hero in America 6: A Middle-aged Man in the Transnational Martial Arts Cinema: Aging Star and the Myth of Midlife Angst 7: Glocalising Chinese Stardom: Internet Publicity and the Negotiation of Transnational Stardom 8: Endowing the Fatherhood: The Power Game beyond Chinese Cinema Conclusion Filmography Glossary Bibliography Appendix I: Chow Yun-fat’s Filmography Appendix II: Chow Yun-fat’s TV Works

Lin Feng is Lecturer in Film Studies at the University of Leicester.

This is a well-focused, highly original and impressively detailed analysis of one of the world's leading Chinese film stars in terms of the shifting meanings of celebrity cultures and transnational media.

• Introduction Part I From a Hong Kong Citizen to a Cosmopolitan Resident: A Face of Social Mobility in Hong Kong between 1973 and 1995 1: The Birth of a TV Star: A Modern Hong Kong Xiaosheng 2: From a TV Star to a Film Actor: Star Performance in Hong Kong Cinema 3: Star Endorsement and Hong Kong Cinema: The Social Mobility of Chow Yun-fat 4: ‘Come Laugh with Me’: the Construction of Cosmopolitan Residentship in Chow Yun-fat’s Comedies Part II From an Expatriate Hong Kong Star to a Returning HKSAR Star: A Chinese Icon in the Transnational Cinema from 1995 Onwards 5: The Birth of a Hollywood Star: an Asian Hero in America 6: A Middle-aged Man in the Transnational Martial Arts Cinema: Aging Star and the Myth of Midlife Angst 7: Glocalising Chinese Stardom: Internet Publicity and the Negotiation of Transnational Stardom 8: Endowing the Fatherhood: The Power Game beyond Chinese Cinema Conclusion Filmography Glossary Bibliography Appendix I: Chow Yun-fat’s Filmography Appendix II: Chow Yun-fat’s TV Works