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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781773303321

Autore

Sherman Edward D.

Titolo

America through the eyes of China and India : television, identity, and intercultural communication in a changing world / / Edward D. Sherman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Continuum, , 2010

ISBN

1-62892-780-1

1-283-27131-1

9786613271310

0-8264-3466-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (178 p.)

Disciplina

384.55

Soggetti

Intercultural communication - China

Intercultural communication - India

Intercultural communication - United States

Television broadcasting - Social aspects - China

Television broadcasting - Social aspects - India

Television programs - United States - Influence

China Civilization American influences

India Civilization American influences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Globalization, culture, and identity: oh my! -- Watching tv is good for you -- A slow boat to China -- (Not) watching TV in China -- A passage to India -- Watching TV in India -- This is America -- Ignore your mother, talk to strangers -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

"America has long exported its network and cable programming abroad, but with a changing world comes a changing dynamic. As global centers of power shift, and wealth becomes redistributed, and perhaps even re-centered, vast audiences which have never before had contact with American television will begin to gain access to the full wealth and abundance of American programming. The opening of new markets and new audiences, particularly within the growing superpowers of China and India, presents us with a novel situation. It is



one thing for a show like The OC to be played in a nation like England, where the cultural and religious differences with the United States are not that profound, and quite another for it to air in a nation like India, where arranged marriages, the caste system, and pervasive poverty are still everyday realities. America Through the Eyes of China and India explores the dynamics of television, identity, and cultural communication, providing a new lens for encountering, interpreting, and judging American culture and the American identity."--Bloomsbury Publishing.