East Asian Pop Culture: Analysing the Korean Wave

by Chua Beng Huat

Book Overview

The international group of contributors of this volume provides, collectively, a multi-layered analysis of the emerging East Asian media culture, using the Korean TV drama as its analytic vehicle. By closely examining the political economy of TV industry, audiences of the regional media flows in terms of gender subjectivity constructions, perceptions of colonial-postcolonial relationships, and nationalist responses to trans-national media culture...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9622098932
• ISBN13: 9789622098930
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.0"