Regionalizing Culture: The Political Economy of Japanese Popular Culture in Asia

by Nissim Otmazgin

This ambitious work provides a comprehensive, empirically grounded study of the production, circulation, and reception of Japanese popular culture in Asia. While many studies typically employ an interactive approach that focuses on the "meaning" of popular culture from an anthropological or cultural studies point of view, Regionalizing Culture emphasizes that the consumption side and contextual meaning of popular culture are not the only salient...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824836944
• ISBN13: 9780824836948
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.1"