East-west identities : globalization, localization, and hybridization / edited by Chan Kwok-bun, Jan W. Walls and David Hayward.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Chan, Kwok B.

Walls, Jan, 1940-

Hayward, David, 1959-

Series:

International comparative social studies 1568-4474 ; v. 15.

International comparative social studies, 1568-4474 ; v. 15

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cultural fusion.

Culture and globalization.

Identity (Psychology).

Physical Description:

vii, 404 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007.

Summary:

Under the simultaneous influences of globalization and localization, there has emerged a prevalent social formation based on a hybridized culture in which the cultural norms are many and various: boundary transcendence, alternative cultures, hybridity, creativity, connectivity, tolerance, multiculturalism, cosmopolitanism. While the economic forces shaping globalization are powerful and seemingly getting stronger, they are not immutable, nor are their effects predictable or necessarily overwhelming. Contributors to this book are optimistic that the socio-cultural formations of the future, such as cultural hybridity and cosmopolitanism, will be a viable option for constructing new or renewed global communities of migrants around the world. It is on these diasporic communities that the self-definition and cultural expansion of all migrants depend, and it is with these tools that migrants are best equipped to navigate the raging torrents of globalization in the new millennium of a post-postmodern era. Globalization brings with it a fear, a sense of loss and demise. It also brings with it a new sense of opportunity and hope. It is in this spirit that this book should be read.

Contents:

Introduction: Globalization, Localization and Hybridization: Their Impact on Our Lives / Chan Kwok-bun 1

Chapter 1 Identity in the Politics of Transition: The Case of Hong Kong, 'Asia's World City' / Michael E. DeGolyer 21

Chapter 2 Depoliticization, Citizenship and the Politics of Community in Hong Kong / Lam Wai-man 55

Chapter 3 Globalization and Hybridization in Cultural Production: A Tale of Two Films / Georgette Wang, Emilie Yueh-yu Yeh 77

Chapter 4 Globalization and Identity Formation: A Cross-cultural Reading of Amy Tan's "Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat" / Lu Fang 99

Chapter 5 Identity Shifts as a Consequence of Crossing Cultures: Hong Kong Chinese Migrants Return Home / Nan M. Sussman 121

Chapter 6 Japan's 'Beckham Fever': Marketing and Consuming a Global Sport Celebrity / Rie Ito 149

Chapter 7 On the Globalization of the Self: Internet Weblogs as an Identity-forming Activity / Oscar Bulaong Jr. 175

Chapter 8 Hybrid Language and Hybrid Identity? The Case of Cantonese-English Code-switching in Hong Kong / Brian Chan Hok-shing 189

Chapter 9 Changing Heart (Beats): From Japanese Identity and Nostalgia to Taiko for Citizens of the Earth / Millie Creighton 203

Chapter 10 Learning Hong Kong's Body: Beauties, Beauty Workers and Their Identities / Anthony Y.H. Fung 229

Chapter 11 The Impact of Localization and Globalization on Popular Music in the Context of Social Change in Taiwan / Ho Wai-chung 241

Chapter 12 Building Traditions for Bridging Differences: Islamic Imaginary Homelands of Chinese-Indonesian Muslims in East Java / Chiou Syuan-yuan 265

Chapter 13 Pi's Passport: Identity and the Peculiar Economics of Popular Culture / Chris Wood 279

Chapter 14 The Pacific Rim Consciousness of American Writers on the West Coast / Chung Ling 295

Chapter 15 Making Do and Making Meaning: Cultural and Technological Hybridity in Recent Asian Animation / Steve Fore 315

Chapter 16 'Globalizentity': Assessing the Effects of 'Global Career' on National Identity in Japan / T.J.M. Holden 329

Chapter 17 Cyberpatriarchy: Chat Rooms and the Construction of 'Man to Man' Relations in Urban India / Ashley Tellis 361

Chapter 18 Diverging Media Convergence: Perceptual Differences Across Cultures, Genders and Habits / Jeffrey Wilkinson, Steven McClung 373.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789004151697

9004151699

OCLC:

153579320