Domestication of the cultural icon: Chow Yun Fat : from subversion to domination.

Tam Wai Wan Vivian.Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2002.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 231-233).Abstracts in English and Chinese.Chapter 1 --- Orientation to Domestication --- p.1Chapter ´Ø --- Literature Review and Methodology --- p.6Chapter ´Ø --- "Popular Culture, Cultural Identity and Discourse" --- p.7Chapter ´Ø --- Textual Analysis and Interview --- p.13Chapter ´Ø --- "Ideology, Discourses and Domestication" --- p.19Chapter 2 --- Introduction to the Four Discourses --- p.40Chapter 3 --- Chow Yun-fat's Subversive Past --- p.46Chapter 4 --- Domesticating Chow on TV Ads --- p.62Chapter 5 --- Taming Chow Yun-fat on Paper --- p.83Chapter 6 --- Overview to Reception Analysis --- p.105Chapter 7 --- Newfound Pride in Chow Yun-fat --- p.114Chapter ´Ø --- Upper-middle Class' Actualizing Actor --- p.114Chapter ´Ø --- Small Business Owners' Actor of Class --- p.127Chapter 8 --- Colonization or Rejuvenation of the Grassroot Chow Yun-fat --- p.141Chapter ´Ø --- Colonizing the Secure Working Class --- p.151Chapter ´Ø --- Revitalized Admiration by the Cultured Middle Class --- p.158Chapter 9 --- Disenchantment and Alienation of the Insecure Working Class 一 A Chow Yun-fat beyond Survival --- p.168Chapter 10 --- Conclusion --- p.192Appendix 1: Sample of Interview Questions --- p.197Appendix 2: Selected Frames and Shot-by-shot Analysis of Chow Yun-fat Advertisements --- p.198Appendix 3: Chow Yun-fat's Filmography --- p.229Bibliography --- p.23