Asian Media Studies: Politics of Subjectivities

Copyright © 2005 Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Asian Media Studies: Politics of Subjectivities

Editor(s): John Nguyet Erni, Siew Keng Chua

Published Online: 11 FEB 2008

Print ISBN: 9780631234982

Online ISBN: 9780470774281

DOI: 10.1002/9780470774281

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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.

Table of contents

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      Frontmatter (pages i–x)

    1. Chapter 1

      Introduction: Our Asian Media Studies? (pages 1–15)

      John Nguyet Erni and Siew Keng Chua

  3. Part I: Moving In, Moving Out: Transnational Flows

    1. Chapter 2

      Discrepant Intimacy: Popular Culture Flows in East Asia (pages 19–36)

      Koichi Iwabuchi

    2. Chapter 3

      Hook' em Young: McAdvertising and Kids in Singapore (pages 37–54)

      Siew Keng Chua and Afshan Junaid

    3. Chapter 4

      Techno-Orientalization: The Asian VCD Experience (pages 55–71)

      Kelly Hu

  4. Part II: Moving Backward, Moving Forward: Histories and Politics

    1. Chapter 5

      The Struggle for Press Freedom and Emergence of “Unelected” Media Power in South Korea (pages 75–90)

      Myung-Koo Kang

    2. Chapter 6

      “Forward-Looking” News?: Singapore's News 5 and the Marginalization of the Dissenting Voice (pages 91–115)

      Sue Abel

    3. Chapter 7

      Beyond the Fragments: Reflecting on “Communicational”Cultural Studies in South Korea (pages 116–135)

      Keehyeung Lee

    4. Chapter 8

      Re-Advertising Hong Kong: Nostalgia Industry and Popular History (pages 136–158)

      Eric Kit-wai Ma

  5. Part III: Moving Between: Formations of Audiences and Subjectivities

    1. Chapter 9

      The Whole World is Watching Us: Music Television Audiences in India (pages 161–182)

      Vamsee Juluri

    2. Chapter 10

      From Variety Shows to Body-Sculpting Commercials: Figures of Audience and the Sexualization of Women/Girls (pages 183–206)

      Irene Fang-chih Yang

    3. Chapter 11

      Recuperating Malay Custom/Adat in Female Sexuality in Malaysian Films (pages 207–224)

      Gaik Cheng Khoo

    4. Chapter 12

      The Formation of a Queer-Imagined Community in Post-Martial Law Taiwan (pages 225–252)

      John Nguyet Erni and Anthony Spires

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      Index (pages 253–261)

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