Female Celebrities in Contemporary Chinese Society

Shenshen Cai is a Chinese lecturer with Swinburne University of Technology in Australia. She completed her PhD in contemporary Chinese culture studies at the School of Humanities, Griffith University, Australia. Her research interests focus on contemporary Chinese literature, film, theatre and folklore studies. Shenshen is the author of State Propaganda in China's Entertainment Industry (2016), Television Drama in Contemporary China: Political, Social and Cultural Phenomena (2016) and Contemporary Chinese Films and Celebrity Directors (2017).

Introduction.- A Feminist Reading of Chinese Actress Liu Xiaoqing’s Screen Roles and Life Story.- Chai Jing: The Power of Vulnerability.- Subverting the “good wife and wise mother”: the roles and public persona of Xu Jinglei.- Female Subjectivity On and Off the Screen: The Rare Case of Writer-Director Peng Xiaolian.- Talented Celebrity Rene Liu: Spokesperson of the Left-over Women (Sheng Nu).- Changing Platformativity of China’s Female Wanghong: From Anni Baobei to Zhang Dayi.-  Women’s Access to Political Power: An Analysis of the Life Trajectory of Wu Yi.- In Search of Celebrity Feminists in Contemporary China.- Hong Huang: An Unconventional Woman’s Life: The Highborn “Ruffian”.