Overview

Recent years have witnessed the increasing visibility of Asian celebrities in activism, advocacy, diplomacy, philanthropy, and ambassadorship but this phenomenon is under-explored. This volume provides a critical intervention in celebrity activism and philanthropy by examining the civic imaginaries and mobilisations of Asian celebrities-turned-activists or philanthropists, alongside an array of significations and tensions involved. The analysis anchors on a roster of high-profile Asian icons including Bollywood star Aamir Khan, K-pop sensation BTS, Cantopop singer Denise Ho, and Chinese live-streamer Weiya, who exhibit universal morals while underscoring local or regional affiliations as propelled by expansive media networks. Adopting cosmopolitics as the methodological frame, this volume suggests “muliversal consciousness,” a staple to code the star-powered goodwill in times of disjuncture and rupture. To its critical ends, this book attempts to disrupt the Eurocentric tendency in the discursive construction of celebrity-cause dynamics, disentangling the complexities of Asian power, global citizenship, and techno-capitalist logics.

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Author:   Dorothy Lau
Publisher:   Amsterdam University Press
Imprint:   Amsterdam University Press
ISBN:  

9789463720090

ISBN 10:   946372009
Pages:   160
Publication Date:   01 July 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Acknowledgement Introduction An Uncharted Terrain: Asian Celebrities’ Engagement in Activism and Philanthropy 1. Bollywood Stardom and Advocacy: Aamir Khan’s Crossover Persona and the Imagined Sino-Indian Relations 2. Beyond the K-pop Spectacle: BTS’ “Love Myself” Campaign, Celebrity Diplomacy, and Fan Activism 3. Ryuichi Sakamoto’s Eco-activist Persona 4. Denise Ho’s Celebrity Activism in Contemporary Hong Kong 5. The “Sales Queen” Doing Good: Weiya and the Wanghong Philanthropy in China’s Live-streaming Landscape 6. Global Pandemic and the Inter-Asian Discourse of Celebrity: The Rise of a New Form of Solidarity Conclusion Toward an Imaginary of Cosmopolitical Asia Index

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"""At a time of cross-border stardom and fandom, Lau’s book brings in a groundbreaking approach to what constitutes goodwill stardom and celebrity-hood through detailed and methodologically sound case studies from India, Korea, China, Hong Kong, Japan, while also representing different media and technology outlets and industries. Professor Liza Tsaliki, Department of Communication & Media Studies, School of Economics & Political Science, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens."

Author Information

Dorothy Wai Sim Lau is an Associate Professor at the Academy of Film, Hong Kong Baptist University. Her research interests include stardom, celebrities, fandom, Asian cinema, Hong Kong cinema, digital culture, and screen culture. She is the author of Chinese Stardom in Participatory Cyberculture (2019) and Reorienting Chinese Stars in Global Polyphonic Networks: Voice, Ethnicity, Power (2021). Lau was the visiting scholar at the School of East Asian Studies, University of Sheffield in 2022.

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