To gain general understanding of the transnational nature of media culture from the Asian perspective
Contents
The course discusses the global spread of Asian-originated media cultures, focusing on Japanese media and popular culture, Chinese and Hong Kong films and the so called “Bollywood” phenomenon. Approaches include production, distribution and reception/usage/fandom of Asian media cultures in Asia and globally.
Teaching language
English
Modes of study
Evaluation
Numeric 1-5.
Study materials
Compensatory literature: Chua Beng Huat & Koichi Iwabuchi: East Asian Pop Culture: Analysing the Korean Wave (2008) and Albert Moran & Michael Keene: Television Across Asia (2003)