Asia's Cultural Mosaic
Author: Grant Evans
Publisher:
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 434
ISBN-13:
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New Television, Globalisation, and the East Asian Cultural Imagination
Author: Michael Keane
Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
Published: 2007-02-01
Total Pages: 229
ISBN-13: 9622098207
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Challenging assumptions that have underpinned critiques of globalisation and combining cultural theory with media industry analysis, Keane, Fung and Moran give a groundbreaking account of the evolution of television in the post-broadcasting era, and how programming ideas are creatively redeveloped and franchised in East Asia. In this first comprehensive study of television program adaptation across cultures, the authors argue that adaptation, transfer, and recycling of content are multiplying to the point of marginalising other economic and cultural practices. They also show that significant re-modelling of local TV production practices occur when adaptation is genuinely responsive to local values. Examples of East Asian format adaptations include Survivor, Who Wants to be a Millionaire?, The Weakest Link, Coronation Street, and Idol.
Culture and Privilege in Capitalist Asia
Author: Michael Pinches
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2005-06-23
Total Pages: 330
ISBN-13: 1134642156
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Culture and Privilege in Capitalist Asia shows that the cultural reconfiguration of domestic and international relations around Asias new rich has often been characterised by tension and division.
East Asian Cultural and Historical Perspectives
Author: University of Alberta. Research Institute for Comparative Literature and Cross-Cultural Studies
Publisher: Research Institute for Comparative Literature
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 408
ISBN-13: 9780921490098
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Asian Forms of the Nation
Author: Stein Tonnesson
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-10-23
Total Pages: 372
ISBN-13: 113679204X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The general tendency among theorists in nationalism and national identity has been to assume that the modernization process in Asia and Africa is a kind of distorted reflection of a Western precedent; Asian forms of the nation have rarely been seen as independent, alternative models. Among today's leading theoreticians, there is a growing tendency to take Asia seriously, and to include Asian examples in the general discussion. The aim of the present collection is to build on and reinforce this tendency. It does not postulate any specifically Asian form of the nation, as opposed to a Western one. Rather, it seeks to demonstrate that in Asia, as well as in Europe, each nation forms a unique amalgam which can be compared fruitfully with others. History, culture and geography have posed various kinds of limits to what can be imagined (as Benedict Anderson puts it). The relationship between geographical space and national construction is explored in depth here.
Culture and Society in the Asia-Pacific
Author: Colin Mackerras
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2005-07-28
Total Pages: 281
ISBN-13: 1134691297
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This important new text examines the crucial social and cultural factors associated with the rise of the Asia- Pacific region at the end of the Twentieth Century. It takes a close look at those areas which have affected the everyday life of the people most directly. These include: * the family * gender relations and the position of women * religion * the arts, with specific reference to film * ethnic relations and population migration * education, and the images of the Asia-Pacific. The authors discuss real tensions between tradition and modernity in different nations of the Asia-Pacific, exploring the effects that economic growth has on powerful traditional cultures.
The Asian Pacific American Experience
Author: Karen Sirvaitis
Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books
Published: 2010-08-01
Total Pages: 84
ISBN-13: 0761363580
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Supplemented with quotes and engaging articles from USA TODAY, the Nation’s No. 1 Newspaper, The Asian Pacific American Experience shines a spotlight on Asian Pacific Americans and their many exciting contributions to American society. From artists and athletes to filmmakers and chefs, Asian Pacific Americans enrich American life. Novelist Amy Tan has offered insights into the lives of Chinese Americans in books such as The Joy Luck Club and The Kitchen God’s Wife. In The Eaves of Heaven and other books, writer Andrew X. Pham has examined the experiences of Vietnamese who came to the United States after the Vietnam War. Filmmaker Ang Lee is famous for movies such as Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, a martial arts film, as well as historical romances such as Sense and Sensibility, based on the Jane Austen novel. Singer-songwriter Norah Jones inherited her musical talent from her musician father, Ravi Shankar. Korean American Michelle Wie is a champion on the Ladies Professional Golf Association tour, while Japanese American speed skater Apolo Anton Ohno has won five Olympic medals. Read this informative title to learn more about how Asian Pacific Americans contribute to the United States’ cultural mosaic, enriching our nation with a wide range of traditions, customs, and life experiences.
Globalization, Culture and Inequality in Asia
Author: Timothy J. Scrase
Publisher: Trans Pacific Press
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 392
ISBN-13: 9781876843946
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Contemplating globalization from a sociological perspective, it is without doubt that a major site for social, political, economic and cultural change in the new millennium lies in the Asian region. The chapters in this book seek to describe and analyze a number of key aspects of social and cultural change wrought by globalization in the Asian region. The underlying theme in the book is the multi-dimensional way in which globalization - in the form of ideas, practices and technology - have introduced social inequalities in specific contexts. In particular, the book examines how inequality has been reproduced, challenged and theorized in Asia by the advent of globalizing culture. Written by experienced and established scholars, the study provides both theoretical explanation, and discussion and analysis of empirical data, from a range of social, cultural and political-economic perspectives and draws on studies from several countries in the region.
The Modern Anthropology of South-East Asia
Author: Victor King
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2020-09-10
Total Pages: 452
ISBN-13: 1000143120
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This is a comprehensive introduction to the social and cultural anthropology of South-East Asia. It provides an overview of the major theoretical issues and themes which have emerged from the engagement of anthropologists with South-East Asian communities; a succinct historical survey and analysis of the peoples and cultures of the region. Most importantly the volume reveals the vitally important role which the study of the area has occupied in the development of the concepts and methods of anthropology: from the perspectives of Edmund Leach to Clifford Geertz, Maurice Freedman to Claude Levi-Strauss; Lauriston Sharp to Melford Spiro.
Southeast Asian Culture and Heritage in a Globalising World
Author: Rahil Ismail
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2016-04-01
Total Pages: 191
ISBN-13: 131705220X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Southeast Asia has in recent years become a crossroads of cultures with high levels of ethnic pluralism, not only between countries, sub-regions and urban areas, but also at the local levels of community and neighbourhood. Illustrated by a series of international case studies, this book demonstrates how the forces of 'post-colonialism' in their various manifestations are accelerating social change and creating new and 'imagined' communities, some of which are potentially disruptive and which may well threaten the longer term sustainability of the region. Interdisciplinary in approach, this book brings together geographers, historians, anthropologists, architects, education specialists, planners and sociologists to make connections and new insights and to provide a truly comprehensive view of heritage, culture and identity in this dynamic region.
