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Asian popular culture in transition
Title
Asian popular culture in transition / edited by Lorna Fitzsimmons and John A. Lent.
ISBN
9780415692847 (hardback : alk. paper)
0415692849 (hardback : alk. paper)
9780203116852 (e-book)
0203116852 (e-book)
Published
Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2013.
Physical Description
xi, 187 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Summary
"Examines contemporary consumption practices in South Korea, China, India, Japan, and Singapore and both updates and extends popular culture studies of the region. Through an interdisciplinary lens, this collection of essays explores how recent advances and shifts in information technologies and globalization have impacted cultural markets, fashion, the digital generation, mobile culture, femininity, matrimonial advertising, and a film actress' image and performance."--Publisher's description.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 29, 2013
Series
Routledge contemporary Asia ; 36
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Market, popular culture, and popular religion in contemporary China : the market/temple fairs of Jinhua / Eugene Cooper
The opening of popular cultural markets of South Korea under economic nationalism and international pressure / Bernhard Seliger
Fashioning modern India : from Indio-chic to "India incorporated" / Susan C. Dewey
Didactic escapism : new viewing practices among China's digital generation / Magnus Wilson
The "hidden homeless" in Japan's contemporary mobile culture / Miya Yoshida
K-pop beyond Asia : performing trans-nationality, trans-sexuality, and trans-textuality / Sun Jung
From "hyper-feminine" to androgyny : changing notions of femininity in contemporary China / Xin Huang
Bride and prejudice : newspaper and website matrimonial advertisements of Indian women / Satarupa Dasgupta
Fighting for a Hong Kong/Chinese female identity : Michelle Yeoh, body performance, and globalized action cinema / Lisa Funnell.
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