Asian popular culture : the global (dis)continuity / edited by Anthony Y.H. Fung.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fung, Anthony Y. H.

Series:

Media, culture, and social change in Asia series ; 31.

Media, culture and social change in Asia ; 31

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Popular culture--Asia.

Popular culture.

Culture and globalization--Asia.

Culture and globalization.

Mass media and culture--Asia.

Mass media and culture.

East and West.

Asia--Civilization--21st century.

Asia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Examines two seemingly contradictory and yet parallel processes in the circulation of Asian popular culture: the interconnectedness between Asian popular culture and western culture in an era of cultural globalization, and the local derivatives and versions of global culture that are necessarily disconnected from their origins in order to cater for the local market"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction : Asian popular culture, the global (dis)continuity / Anthony Y.H. Fung

One region, two modernities : Disneyland in Tokyo and Hong Kong / Micky Lee and Anthony Y.H. Fung

Comic travels : Disney publishing in the People's Republic of China / Jennifer Altehenger

When Chinese youth meet Harry Potter : translating consumption and middle class identification / John Nguyet Erni

New forms of transborder visuality in urban China : saving face for magazine covers / Eric Kit-Wai Ma

Cultural consumption and masculinity : a case study of GQ magazine covers in Taiwan / Hong-Chi Shiau

An unlocalized and unglobalized subculture : English language independent music in Singapore / Kai Khiun Liew and Shzr Ee Tan

The localized production of Jamaican music in Thailand / Viriya Sawangchot

Consuming online games in Taiwan : global games and local market / Lai-Chi Chen

The rise of the Korean cinema in inbound and outbound globalization / Shin Dong Kim

Pocket capitalism and virtual intimacy : pokémon as a symptom of post-industrial youth culture / Anne Allison

Playing the global game : Japan brand and globalization / Kukhee Choo

China's new creative strategy : the utilization of cultural soft power and new markets / Michael Keane and Bonnie Liu

Renationalizing Hong Kong cinema : the gathering force of the mainland market / Michael Curtin.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-134-09002-1

1-134-08995-3

0-203-58127-X

9780203581278

OCLC:

850078824