The anomalies of being Faye (Wong): Gender politics in Chinese popular music

International Journal of Cultural Studies

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 263-290

  Fung, Anthony ^a   Curtin, Michael ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese media; cultural capital; culture industries; Faye Wong; feminism; popular music

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993734728     PISSN: 13678779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1367877902005003005     Document Type: Article

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