| Asian Popular Culture: New, Hybrid, and Alternate Media Contributor(s): Lent, John a. (Editor), Fitzsimmons, Lorna (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1498503586 ISBN-13: 9781498503587 Publisher: Lexington Books OUR PRICE: $55.43 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Popular Culture - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - History | Asia - General |
| Dewey: 306.095 |
| Lexile Measure: 1380 |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6.01" W x 9.11" (0.66 lbs) 224 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Asian - Cultural Region - Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Asian Popular Culture: New, Hybrid, and Alternate Media, edited by John A. Lent and Lorna Fitzsimmons, is an interdisciplinary study of popular culture practices in Asia, including regional and national studies of Japan, China, South Korea, and Australia. The contributors explore the evolution and intersection of popular forms (gaming, manga, anime, film, music, fiction, YouTube videos) and explicate the changing cultural meanings of these media in historical and contemporary contexts. At this study's core are the roles popular culture plays in the construction of national and regional identity. Common themes in this text include the impact of new information technology, whether it be on gaming in East Asia, music in 1960s' Japan, or candlelight vigils in South Korea; hybridity, of old and new versions of the Chinese game Weiqi, of online and hand-held gaming in South Korea and Japan that developed localized expressions, or of United States culture transplanted to Japan in post-World War II, leading to the current otaku (fan boy) culture; and the roles that nationalism and grassroots and alternative media of expression play in contemporary Asian popular culture. This is an essential study in understanding the role of popular culture in Asia's national and regional identity. |