Female Celebrities in Contemporary Chinese Society

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 3 Chai Jing: The Power of Vulnerability

Chapter 4 Subverting the ‘Good Wife and Wise Mother’: The Roles and Public Persona of Xu Jinglei

Chapter 5 Female Subjectivity on and off the Screen: The Rare Case of Writer–Director Peng Xiaolian

Chapter 6 Talented Celebrity Rene Liu: Spokesperson of the Left-Over Women ( Sheng Nu )

Chapter 7 Changing Platformativity of China’s Female Wanghong : From Anni Baobei to Zhang Dayi

Chapter 8 Women’s Access to Political Power: An Analysis of the Life Trajectory of Wu Yi

Chapter 9 In Search of Celebrity Feminists in Contemporary China

Chapter 10 Hong Huang: An Unconventional Woman’s Life—The Highborn “Ruffian”