The Chinese Ugly Betty: Tv cloning and local modernity

International Journal of Cultural Studies

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 265-276

  Fung, Anthony ^a   Zhang, Xiaoxiao ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

beauty; Chinese television; cultural adaptation; ethnicity; gender; hybridity

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954502765     PISSN: 13678779     EISSN: 1460356X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1367877910391866     Document Type: Article

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