Overview

This ready reference is a comprehensive guide to pop culture in Asia and Oceania, including topics such as top Korean singers, Thailand's sports heroes, and Japanese fashion. This entertaining introduction to Asian pop culture covers the global superstars, music idols, blockbuster films, and current trends—from the eclectic to the underground—of East Asia and South Asia, including China, Japan, Korea, India, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, and Pakistan, as well as Oceania. The rich content features an exploration of the politics and personalities of Bollywood, a look at how baseball became a huge phenomenon in Taiwan and Japan, the ways in which censorship affects social media use in these regions, and the influence of the United States on the movies, music, and Internet in Asia. Topics include contemporary literature, movies, television and radio, the Internet, sports, video games, and fashion. Brief overviews of each topic precede entries featuring key musicians, songs, published works, actors and actresses, popular websites, top athletes, video games, and clothing fads and designers. The book also contains top-ten lists, a chronology of pop culture events, and a bibliography. Sidebars throughout the text provide additional anecdotal information.

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Author:   Jeremy A. Murray ,  Kathleen Nadeau
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   ABC-CLIO
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   1.276kg
ISBN:  

9781440839900

ISBN 10:   1440839905
Pages:   472
Publication Date:   15 August 2016
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 17 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Primary & secondary/elementary & high school ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Educational: Primary & Secondary
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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"""Summing Up: Recommended. High school, community college, and undergraduate students; general readers."" - Choice"

Summing Up: Recommended. High school, community college, and undergraduate students; general readers. - Choice

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Jeremy A. Murray is assistant professor of Chinese history at California State University, San Bernardino. Kathleen M. Nadeau is professor of anthropology at California State University, San Bernardino.

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