Asian popular culture in transition
By: edited by John A. Lent and Lorna Fitzsimmons
Series: Routledge contemporary Asia -- 36; Routledge contemporary Asia series -- 36.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 190
ISBN-13: 9780415692847; 9780203116852
Subjects: Social life and customs; Popular culture; Social change
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Market, popular culture, and popular religion in contemporary China : the market/temple fairs of Jinhua / Eugene Cooper; title: The opening of popular cultural markets of South Korea under economic nationalism and international pressure / Bernhard Seliger; title: Fashioning modern India : from Indio-chic to "India incorporated" / Susan C. Dewey; title: Didactic escapism : new viewing practices among China's digital generation / Magnus Wilson; title: The "hidden homeless" in Japan's contemporary mobile culture / Miya Yoshida; title: K-pop beyond Asia : performing trans-nationality, trans-sexuality, and trans-textuality / Sun Jung; title: From "hyper-feminine" to androgyny : changing notions of femininity in contemporary China / Xin Huang; title: Bride and prejudice : newspaper and website matrimonial advertisements of Indian women / Satarupa Dasgupta; title: Fighting for a Hong Kong/Chinese female identity : Michelle Yeoh, body performance, and globalized action cinema / Lisa Funnell.