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Female Power, the Star Image, and Vietnamese Cinema. 6th Annual Southeast Asian Cinemas Conference 3 July 2010. Stars in Alignment: Affect and Actors . Consuming Film.
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Female Power, the Star Image, and Vietnamese Cinema 6th Annual Southeast Asian Cinemas Conference 3 July 2010
Consuming Film • In ethnic enclaves, one can find DVDs that feature actresses like Kim Cuong and Thanh Nga re-packaged for the Vietnamese diaspora, distributed through production companies like Thuy Nga and Asia. • These DVDs circulate within an imagined community for the purposes of commodification but also enable the diasporans to reimagine as well what Saigon looked like in the past.
Thẩm Thúy Hằng With actor Trần Quang, the Clark Gable of Việt Nam
Thẩm Thúy Hằng in Tứ Quái Sài Gòn Publicity and Film stills from the movie with fellow actor La Thoại Tân
Thẩm Thúy Hằng and the Voluptuous Body From Nàng