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 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

Crossing Class and Cross-Dressing in Tứ Quái Sài Gòn

Thẩm Thúy Hằng and the Voluptuous Body

From Nàng

Kiều Chinh: Refinement and Restraint

Kiều Chinh in Bão Tình and Chiếc Bóng Bên Đường

Kiều Chinh in Người Tình Không Chân Dung

Kiều Chinh: International Star