The ABCs of Chinese Pop: Wang Leehom and the Marketing of a Global Chinese Celebrity

How did singer Wang Leehom, a Chinese American raised in the suburbs of New York, end up becoming one of the industry heavyweights of Mandopop (Mandarin-language pop music)? This essay uses Wang as a case study to investigate how discourses of race, market, and belonging are reworked in global conte...

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Main Author: Grace Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eScholarship Publishing, University of California 2012-06-01
Series:Journal of Transnational American Studies
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Online Access:http://escholarship.org/uc/item/0647844d