| Transnational Memory and Popular Culture in East and Southeast Asia: Amnesia, Nostalgia and Heritage Contributor(s): Khiun, Liew Kai (Author) |
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ISBN: 1783484373 ISBN-13: 9781783484379 Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers OUR PRICE: $55.44 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Social Science | Popular Culture - Social Science | Media Studies |
| Dewey: 306.095 |
| LCCN: 2016037000 |
| Series: Asian Cultural Studies: Transnational and Dialogic Approache |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.55 lbs) 162 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Southeast Asian - Cultural Region - East Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Transnational Memory and Popular Culture in East and Southeast Asia explores the significance of transnational popular culture in the formation and mediation of collective memories across the region. It looks at case studies including: the politics of cinematic remembering of Hong Kong films on Southeast Asia, the digital and holographic enshrinement of departed celebrities like Wong Kar Kui, Bruce Lee and Teresa Teng and the dredging of personal memories of the encounters with the Korean Wave in Singapore. In addition, it explores how cultural memories are used as focal points of staging cultural revival and movements in Singapore and Taiwan. Contrary to the assumptions of the importance of newness in modern popular culture productions, the continued relevance of this otherwise dated material reflects the significance of these texts in the development and strengthening of collective cultural memories. The discussion of such issues has often been grounded geo-spatially on the "national" and contemporary contexts, this volume will develop a more temporalized and transnational perspective in the shaping of otherwise local cultural identifications. |
Contributor Bio(s): Khiun, Liew Kai: - Liew Kai Khiun is Assistant Professor in Broadcast & Cinema Studies at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He has been researching and teaching about transnational popular culture flows in East and South East Asia for more than a decade. His work has been published in several journals including the International Journal of Cultural Studies, Media, Culture and Society and Sojourn. |