YOSHIDA Kaori    Department   Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University  College of Asia Pacific Studies    Position   Professor
Language	English
Publication Date	2009/08
Type	Research paper (Academic/Professional Journal)
Peer Review	Peer reviewed
Title	Book review "East Asian Pop Culture: Analysing the Korean Wave"
Contribution Type	Single Work
Journal	Pacific Affairs
Volume, Issue, Page	82(2),pp.341-343
Details	Six years ago, Koichi Iwabuchi’s concept of the “Japan-Asia-the West triad” in Recentering Globalization (Duke University Press, 2002) inspired studies of Asian popular culture to look beyond a dichotomous view (e.g. the West vs. the rest). East Asian Pop Culture furthers this perspective, focusing on economic, socio-political and cultural effects of circulation of Korean TV dramas on the region. The specific issues include gender identity, perception of (post)colonial relations, and nationalistic attitude toward cultural exchanges. The book embraces both empirical and theoretical approaches, and the authors are well-distributed in East Asia, fostering contextually grounded perspectives.
ISSN	0030-851X