Multiple modernities: cinemas & popular media in transcultural east asia
Auteur :
Lau, Jenny
Éditeur :
Temple University Press,U.S.
ISBN :
9781566399869
Date de publication :
23 déc. 2002
Dimensions :
25,4 x 17,8 x 1,3 cm
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Explores the cultural terrain of East Asia. Arguing that becoming modern happens differently in different places, this work examines popular culture most notable cinema and television to see how modernization, as both a response to the West and as a process that is unique in its own right in the region, operates on a mass level.