Jet Li: ‘Wushu Master’ in Sport and Film (original) (raw)

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Jet Li: ‘Wushu Master’ in Sport and Film

Celebrity in China, 2010

Mary Farquhar

Abstract

... The celebrity sports sector is a recent phenomenon in China, even though Yao Ming tops Forbes' China celebrity list year after year. Barry Smart (2005: 15) claims that sport occupies a central position in contemporary societies. ...

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