Cultural Control and Globalization in Asia: Copyright, Piracy and Cinema

by Laikwan Pang

Book Overview

This is a succint and well-written book introducing a truly interdisciplinary approach to the study of copyright and related issues in contemporary popular culture in relation to the current development of Asian cinema, and questions how copyright is appropriated to regulate culture. It examines the many meanings and practices pertaining to "copying" in cinema, demonstrating the dynamics between globalization's desire for cultural control and cinema's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415426898
• ISBN13: 9780415426893
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 156 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"