Published online: 14 May 2013This article examines images of smoking by female stars in Teck Tan’s film, Spinning Gasing. It contends that the on-screen actions of female screen idols creates an aesthetic that reflects broader social, cultural and economic changes in Asia. In the light of a series of studies that indicate an alarming rise in the number of young Asian women becoming smokers, this article therefore draws attention to an area underexplored in media and film studies. While much has been written on the glamorization of smoking in Hollywood films and its use as a visual and narrative device, surprisingly little research exists on the portrayal of smoking in Asian cinema. This chosen text shows that a gendered aesthetic is constru...
inaugural editor, and I wrote an editorial titled Smoking in movies: is it a problem?1 Since then, a...
We examined how smokers were depicted in 100 popular films spanning 5 decades. Smokers were depicted...
Background The appearance of a cigarette brand in a cinema film gives the brand a certain distinctio...
A number of recent Chinese and French films include frequent images of smoking by young female chara...
Compare to western cultures, women who smoke in Korea are not tolerated. Korean people are prejudice...
Previous studies have associated youth's exposure to filmic images of smoking with real-life smoking...
Previous studies have associated youth's exposure to filmic images of smoking with real-life smoking...
In this study, the authors used focus group interviews to explore how female adolescents in a Canadi...
Smoking scenes in movies, exploited by the tobacco industry to circumvent advertisement bans, are li...
Over the past decade, there has been mounting concern about the effect of smoking in film on youth a...
This article discusses the representation of masculinity in Indonesian left-wing films, which were m...
Background To identify a trend of smoking scene exposures in popular movies among the Koreans and t...
Although modern times have allowed female consumption and practices to become increasingly accept...
Images of the Asian prostitute capture many of the problematic stereotypes of Asian women: submissiv...
A strong body of evidence now links exposure to smoking in movies with adolescent smoking, identifyi...
inaugural editor, and I wrote an editorial titled Smoking in movies: is it a problem?1 Since then, a...
We examined how smokers were depicted in 100 popular films spanning 5 decades. Smokers were depicted...
Background The appearance of a cigarette brand in a cinema film gives the brand a certain distinctio...
A number of recent Chinese and French films include frequent images of smoking by young female chara...
Compare to western cultures, women who smoke in Korea are not tolerated. Korean people are prejudice...
Previous studies have associated youth's exposure to filmic images of smoking with real-life smoking...
Previous studies have associated youth's exposure to filmic images of smoking with real-life smoking...
In this study, the authors used focus group interviews to explore how female adolescents in a Canadi...
Smoking scenes in movies, exploited by the tobacco industry to circumvent advertisement bans, are li...
Over the past decade, there has been mounting concern about the effect of smoking in film on youth a...
This article discusses the representation of masculinity in Indonesian left-wing films, which were m...
Background To identify a trend of smoking scene exposures in popular movies among the Koreans and t...
Although modern times have allowed female consumption and practices to become increasingly accept...
Images of the Asian prostitute capture many of the problematic stereotypes of Asian women: submissiv...
A strong body of evidence now links exposure to smoking in movies with adolescent smoking, identifyi...
inaugural editor, and I wrote an editorial titled Smoking in movies: is it a problem?1 Since then, a...
We examined how smokers were depicted in 100 popular films spanning 5 decades. Smokers were depicted...
Background The appearance of a cigarette brand in a cinema film gives the brand a certain distinctio...