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K-pop - The International Rise of the Korean Music Industry
Av JungBong Choi, Roald Maliangkay
Häftad, 2017
817 kr
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K-pop, described by Time Magazine in 2012 as "South Korea’s greatest export", has rapidly achieved a large worldwide audience of devoted fans largely through distribution over the Internet. This book examines the phenomenon, and discusses the reasons for its success. It considers the national and …
Japanese Film and the Challenge of Video
Av Tom Mes
Häftad, 2024
648 kr
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This book explores the phenomenon of V-Cinema, founded in Japan in 1989 as a distribution system for direct-to-video movies which film companies began making having failed to recoup their investment in big budget films. It examines how studios and directors worked quickly to capitalize on niche …
Tamil Cinema in the Twenty-First Century
Caste, Gender and Technology
Av Selvaraj Velayutham, Vijay Devadas
Inbunden, 2020
2512 kr
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Tamil Cinema in the Twenty-First Century explores the current state of Tamil cinema, one of India’s largest film industries. Since its inception a century ago, Tamil cinema has undergone major transformations, and today it stands as a foremost cultural institution that profoundly shapes Tamil …
Love Stories in China
The Politics of Intimacy in the Twenty-First Century
Av Wanning Sun, Ling Yang
Inbunden, 2019
2512 kr
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This book explores how political, economic, social, cultural and technological forces are (re)shaping the meanings of love and intimacy in China's public culture. It focuses on a range of cultural and media forms including literature, film, television, music and new media, examines new cultural …
Queer Media in China
Av Hongwei Bao
Inbunden, 2021
2512 kr
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This book examines different forms and practices of queer media, that is, the films, websites, zines, and film festivals produced by, for, and about lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people in China in the first two decades of the twenty-first century. It traces how queer …
China's Avant-Garde, 1978–2018
Av Daria Berg, Giorgio Strafella
Inbunden, 2022
2190 kr
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This book examines how China’s new generation of avant-garde writers and artists are pushing the boundaries of vernacular culture, creatively appropriating artistic and literary languages from global cultures to reflect on reform-era China’s transformation and the Maoist heritage. It explores the …
Chinese Internet
The Online Public Sphere, Power Relations and Political Communication
Inbunden, 2020
2736 kr
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This book discusses the use of the internet in China, the complicated power relations in online political communications, and the interactions and struggles between the government and the public over the use of the internet. It argues that there is a "semi-structured" online public sphere, in which …
Ethnic Minority Children in Post-Socialist Chinese Cinema
Allegory, Identity, and Geography
Av Zhenhui Yan
Inbunden, 2019
2736 kr
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This book examines the surprisingly large number of films about ethnic minority children in China, considering key questions such as Why are ethnic minority children becoming more intriguing to Chinese filmmakers? What are their roles in the films literally and allegorically? And how are they …
Television in Transition in East Asia
Av Ki-Sung Kwak
Häftad, 2021
689 kr
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This book examines the development of television broadcasting in Japan, Hong Kong and South Korea. It explores the policy regimes guiding the development of television broadcasting as a powerful institution and the extent to which new forms of television have become part of each country’s …
Sex Trafficking and the Media
Perspectives from Thailand and the United States
Av Meghan Sobel
Häftad, 2021
689 kr
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This book explores how sex trafficking has been reported in the media. The book is set in the context of reportage of this human rights abuse in two varying political landscapes – the United States being a developed democracy and Thailand experiencing continued political turmoil including a May …
Chinese Martial Arts Film and the Philosophy of Action
Av Stephen Teo
Inbunden, 2021
2504 kr
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This book focuses on the philosophy of Chinese martial arts film, arguing that philosophy provides a key to understanding the whole genre. It draws on Chinese philosophical ideas derived from, or based on, Confucianism, Daoism, Buddhism, and other schools of thought such as Mohism and Legalism, …
Chinese Internet
The Online Public Sphere, Power Relations and Political Communication
Häftad, 2022
689 kr
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This book discusses the use of the internet in China, the complicated power relations in online political communications, and the interactions and struggles between the government and the public over the use of the internet. It argues that there is a "semi-structured" online public sphere, in which …
Television in Post-Reform Vietnam
Nation, Media, Market
Häftad, 2020
718 kr
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This book explores Vietnamese popular television in the post-Reform era, that is, from 1986, focussing on the relationship between television and national imagination. It locates Vietnamese television in the experiences of everyday life and the prevailing network of power relations resulting from …
North Korean Graphic Novels
Seduction of the Innocent?
Häftad, 2020
826 kr
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Graphic novels (kurimchaek) are a major art form in North Korea, produced by agents of the regime to set out its vision in a range of important areas. This book provides an analysis of North Korean graphic novels, discussing the ideals they promote and the tensions within those ideals, and …
Cultural Policy in South Korea
Making a New Patron State
Häftad, 2020
718 kr
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This is the first English-language book on cultural policy in Korea, which critically historicises and analyses the contentious and dynamic development of the policy. It highlights that the evolution of cultural policy has been bound up with the complicated political, economic and social trajectory …
Tamil Cinema in the Twenty-First Century
Caste, Gender and Technology
Av Selvaraj Velayutham, Vijay Devadas
Häftad, 2022
689 kr
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Tamil Cinema in the Twenty-First Century explores the current state of Tamil cinema, one of India’s largest film industries. Since its inception a century ago, Tamil cinema has undergone major transformations, and today it stands as a foremost cultural institution that profoundly shapes Tamil …
Media in Asia
Global, Digital, Gendered and Mobile
Av Youna Kim
Inbunden, 2022
2504 kr
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This book is an upper-level student source book for contemporary approaches to media studies in Asia, which will appeal across a wide range of social sciences and humanities subjects including media and communication studies, Asian studies, cultural studies, sociology and anthropology. Drawing on a …
Early Transnational Chinese Cinema Industry
Av Yongchun Fu
Häftad, 2020
710 kr
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Based on extensive original research, including in studio archives, industrial surveys, official records, trade journals, and English and Chinese newspapers, this book explores the role of the American film industry in the development of cinema in China. It examines the Chinese industry’s response …
Digital China's Informal Circuits
Platforms, Labour and Governance
Häftad, 2020
689 kr
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From open source cultures, piracy, to amateur media and on-demand labour, informal media activities are vibrant in circuits of cultural production, distribution, consumption and labour utilisation in China. They come in different sizes and shapes, involve multiple actors, often with transnational …
South Korean Popular Culture and North Korea
Av Youna Kim
Häftad, 2020
718 kr
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Over recent decades South Korea’s vibrant and distinctive populist culture has spread extensively throughout the world. This book explores how this "Korean wave" has also made an impact in North Korea. The book reveals that although South Korean media have to be consumed underground and …
Media in Asia
Global, Digital, Gendered and Mobile
Av Youna Kim
Häftad, 2022
646 kr
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This book is an upper-level student source book for contemporary approaches to media studies in Asia, which will appeal across a wide range of social sciences and humanities subjects including media and communication studies, Asian studies, cultural studies, sociology and anthropology. Drawing on a …
Global Perspectives on Journalism in Nepal
Nepalese News Media in the Twenty–First Century
Av Bhanu Bhakta Acharya, Shyam Sharma
Inbunden, 2022
2736 kr
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With more than 1000 newspapers, 1100 local radios, 200 television channels, 3000 online news portals, and over 80 colleges providing media education and training, news media, and media education are vibrant fields in Nepal. This book provides a comprehensive overview of Nepal’s news media, …
Global Perspectives on Journalism in Nepal
Nepalese News Media in the Twenty–First Century
Av Bhanu Bhakta Acharya, Shyam Sharma
Häftad, 2024
689 kr
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With more than 1000 newspapers, 1100 local radios, 200 television channels, 3000 online news portals, and over 80 colleges providing media education and training, news media, and media education are vibrant fields in Nepal. This book provides a comprehensive overview of Nepal’s news media, …
WeChat and the Chinese Diaspora
Digital Transnationalism in the Era of China's Rise
Inbunden, 2022
2578 kr
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WeChat (the international version of Weixin), launched in 2012, has rapidly become the most favoured Chinese social media. Globally available, equally popular both inside and outside China and widely adopted by Chinese migrants, WeChat has fundamentally changed the ways in which Mandarin-speaking …
WeChat and the Chinese Diaspora
Digital Transnationalism in the Era of China's Rise
Häftad, 2024
689 kr
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WeChat (the international version of Weixin), launched in 2012, has rapidly become the most favoured Chinese social media. Globally available, equally popular both inside and outside China and widely adopted by Chinese migrants, WeChat has fundamentally changed the ways in which Mandarin-speaking …
Urban Culture in Pre-War Japan
Av Adam Croft
Häftad, 2020
793 kr
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Politically the 1910s and 1920s were dark days for Japan: economic instability, frequent political assassinations, and increasing violent military interventions at home and overseas affected many. This book explores the literature of the period, showing how it contributed to this overall mood. It …
Chinese Martial Arts Film and the Philosophy of Action
Av Stephen Teo
Häftad, 2022
691 kr
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This book focuses on the philosophy of Chinese martial arts film, arguing that philosophy provides a key to understanding the whole genre. It draws on Chinese philosophical ideas derived from, or based on, Confucianism, Daoism, Buddhism, and other schools of thought such as Mohism and Legalism, …
Media, Indigeneity and Nation in South Asia
Av Markus Schleiter, Erik de Maaker
Häftad, 2021
720 kr
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How do videos, movies and documentaries dedicated to indigenous communities transform the media landscape of South Asia? Based on extensive original research, this book examines how in South Asia popular music videos, activist political clips, movies and documentaries about, by and for indigenous …
Love Stories in China
The Politics of Intimacy in the Twenty-First Century
Av Wanning Sun, Ling Yang
Häftad, 2021
720 kr
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This book explores how political, economic, social, cultural and technological forces are (re)shaping the meanings of love and intimacy in China's public culture. It focuses on a range of cultural and media forms including literature, film, television, music and new media, examines new cultural …
Chinese Television and National Identity Construction
The Cultural Politics of Music-Entertainment Programmes
Häftad, 2019
691 kr
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This book examines music entertainment programmes on China Central Television, China’s only national level television network, as well as on nationally-available provincial channels, exploring how such programmes project a nuanced image of China’s identity and position in the world. It shows how …
