| Description |
xviii, 250 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Asia's transformations |
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Routledge studies in Asia's transformations ; 15 |
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Routledge studies in Asia's transformations.
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Asia's transformations.
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| Contents |
Introduction : theorizing media in Asia today / T. J. M. Holden -- 1 Building body, making face, doing love : mass media and the configuration of class and gender in Kathmandu / Mark Liechty -- 2 Constructing middle class culture : globalization, modernity and Indian media / Ruchira Ganguly-Scrase and Timothy J. Scrase -- 3 Mediating the entrepreneurial self : romance texts and young Indonesian women / Pam Nilan -- 4 SARS, youth and online civic participation in China / Ian Weber and Lu Jia -- 5 Japan's televisual discourses : infotainment, intimacy, and the construction of a collective uchi / T. J. M. Holden and Hakan Ergul -- 6 Seeking the "others" within us : discourses of Korean-ness in Korean popular music / Hee-Eun Lee -- 7 Portrayals of women in global women's magazines in China / Katherine Toland Frith -- 8 Cyber-nasyid : transnational soundscapes in Muslim Southeast Asia / Bart Barendregt -- 9 The global dispersal of media : locating non-resident audiences for Indian films / Adrian M. Athioue -- 10 Flipping Kitty : transnational transgressions of Japanese Cute / Christine R. Yano -- 11 Comic art in Asian cultural context / John A. Lent |
| Summary |
Examining the link between media and society, this text focuses on the argument that media is the key means through which Asians experience, understand, effect and are affected by the worlds containing them. It highlights how the experiences of those encountering media messages differ. Scrase Uni of Wollongong, NSW |
| Notes |
On t.p. the title is spelled with an "at" sign substituted for the first letter "a" in the word |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Mass media and culture -- Asia.
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Popular culture -- Asia.
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| Author |
Holden, Todd Joseph Miles.
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Scrase, Timothy J.
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| LC no. |
2006005979 |
| ISBN |
0415371554 (hardback : alk. paper) |
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9780415371551 |
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