03610nam 2200805Ia 450 991046265490332120200520144314.0988-220-912-21-283-57806-99786613890511988-220-875-4(CKB)2670000000206649(EBL)932564(OCoLC)794939934(SSID)ssj0000679264(PQKBManifestationID)11414994(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000679264(PQKBWorkID)10610324(PQKB)11708210(MiAaPQ)EBC932564(StDuBDS)EDZ0001718638(MdBmJHUP)muse18852(Au-PeEL)EBL932564(CaPaEBR)ebr10568930(CaONFJC)MIL389051(EXLCZ)99267000000020664920120116d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrStructure, audience and soft power in East Asian pop culture[electronic resource] /Chua Beng HuatHong Kong Hong Kong University Press ;London Eurospan [distributor]20121 online resource (199 p.)TransAsia: screen culturesDescription based upon print version of record.988-8139-03-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-176) and index.Preface -- Introduction -- 1. East Asian pop culture : mapping the contours -- 2. Pop culture China -- 3. Taiwan's present/Singapore's past mediated by the Hokkien language -- 4. Placing Singapore in East Asian pop culture -- 5. The structure of identification and distancing in watching East Asian television drama -- 6. Layers of audience communities -- 7. Pop culture as soft power -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Index.East Asian pop culture can be seen as an integrated cultural economy emerging from the rise of Japanese and Korean pop culture as an influential force in the distribution and reception networks of Chinese language pop culture embedded in the ethnic Chinese diaspora. Taking Singapore as a locus of pan-Asian Chineseness, Chua Beng Huat provides detailed analysis of the fragmented reception process of transcultural audiences and the processes of audiences' formation and exercise of consumer power and engagement with national politics.TransAsia: screen cultures.ChineseForeign countriesIntellectual life21st centuryChineseForeign countriesSocial life and customs21st centuryConsumption (Economics)East AsiaCulture diffusionEast AsiaMass media and cultureEast AsiaMass mediaPolitical aspectsEast AsiaPolitics and cultureEast AsiaPopular cultureEast AsiaPopular cultureSingaporeElectronic books.ChineseIntellectual lifeChineseSocial life and customsConsumption (Economics)Culture diffusionMass media and cultureMass mediaPolitical aspectsPolitics and culturePopular culturePopular culture306.095Chua Beng Huat896138MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910462654903321Structure, audience and soft power in East Asian pop culture2470434UNINA