Erni / Chua Asian Media Studies

Politics of Subjectivities
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-1-4051-4328-8
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 272 Seiten, E-Book

This groundbreaking collection of original essays provides new perspectives in Asian media studies. The volume covers a diverse range of topics from media policy to globalization, using lively examples from various countries and media.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Erni, John Nguyet

Chua, Siew Keng

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Notes on Contributors.
Acknowledgments.
1. Introduction: Our Asian Media Studies? (John Nguyet Erni,City University of Hong Kong and Siew Keng Chua, NanyangTechnological University).
Part I: Moving In, Moving Out: Transnational Flows.
2. Discrepant Intimacy: Popular Culture Flows In East Asia(Koichi Iwabuchi, International Christian University).
3. Hook 'em Young: Mcadvertising And Kids In Singapore (SiewKeng Chua, Nanyang Technological University and Afshan Junaid,Nanyang Technological University).
4. Techno-Orientalization: The Asian VCD Experience (Kelly Hu,National Chung Cheng University).
Part II: Moving Backward, Moving Forward: Histories AndPolitics.
5. The Struggle For Press Freedom And Emergence Of "Un-Elected"Media Power (Myungkoo Kang, Seoul National University).
6. "Forward-Looking" News?: Singapore's News 5 and theMarginalization of the Dissenting Voice (Sue Abel, University OfAuckland).
7. Beyond the Fragments: Reflecting On "Communicational"Cultural Studies in South Korea (Keehyeung Lee, YonseiUniversity).
8. Re-Advertising Hong Kong: Nostalgia Industry and PopularHistory (Eric Kit-Wai Ma, Chinese University Of Hong Kong).
Part III: Moving Between: Formations Of Audiences AndSubjectivities.
9. The Whole World is Watching Us: Music Television Audiences inIndia (Vamsee Juluri, University Of San Francisco).
10. From Variety Show To Body-Sculpting Commercials: Figures OfAudience and the Sexualization of Women/Girls (Irene Fang-ChihYang, National Dong Hwa University).
11. Recuperating Malay Custom/Adat In Female Sexuality inMalaysian Films (Gaik Cheng Khoo, Asia Research Institute).
12. The Formation of a Queer Imagined Community in Post-MartialLaw Taiwan (John Nguyet Erni and Anthony Spires, YaleUniversity).
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

John Nguyet Erni is Associate Professor of Media andCultural Studies and Coordinator of Graduate Studies in theDepartment of English and Communication, City University of HongKong. He is author of Unstable Frontiers: Technomedicine and theCultural Politics of "Curing" AIDS (1994); editorof a special issue entitled "Becoming (Postcolonial) HongKong" for Cultural Studies (2001); and co-editor, withAckbar Abbas, of Internationalizing Cultural Studies(Blackwell 2004).
Siew Keng Chua is Professor of Communication Studies atthe Auckland University of Technology. Her work in the fields ofAsian media, gender studies, and cultural studies has beenpublished in The Journal of International Communication, JumpCut, and Cinemaya.