Media, Social Mobilisation and Mass Protests in Post-Colonial Hong Kong

Francis L F Lee, Joseph M Chan

• Paperback | Engels | Media, Culture and Social Change in Asia
• Since 2003, Hong Kong has witnessed a series of large-scale protests which have constituted the core of a reinvigorated pro-democracy movement. What d... Lees meer

The Internet and New Social Formation in China

Weiyu Zhang

• Paperback | Engels | Media, Culture and Social Change in Asia
• There are billions of internet users in China, and this number is continually growing. This book looks at the various purposes of this internet use, a... Lees meer

Television in India

• Hardcover | Engels | Media, Culture and Social Change in Asia
• This book examines the development of television in India since the early 1990s, and its implications for Indian society more widely. Until 1991, Indi... Lees meer

China Online

• Hardcover | Engels | Media, Culture and Social Change in Asia
• The Chinese internet is driving change across all facets of social life, and scholars have grown mindful that online and offline spaces have become in... Lees meer

Chinese Martial Arts Film and the Philosophy of Action

Stephen Teo

• Paperback | Engels | Media, Culture and Social Change in Asia
• This book focuses on the philosophy of Chinese martial arts film, arguing that philosophy provides a key to understanding the whole genre. It draws on... Lees meer

Multimedia Stardom in Hong Kong

Leung Wing-Fai

• Hardcover | Engels | Media, Culture and Social Change in Asia
• This book details original research into the practices and discourse of multimedia stardom alongside changing social and cultural landscapes in Hong K... Lees meer

The Media, Cultural Control and Government in Singapore

Terence Lee

• Hardcover | Engels | Media, Culture and Social Change in Asia
• This book explores this inherent contradiction present in most facets of Singaporean media, cultural and political discourses, and identifies the key ... Lees meer

Chinese and Japanese Films on the Second World War

• Hardcover | Engels | Media, Culture and Social Change in Asia
• This book examines representations of the Second World War in postwar Chinese and Japanese cinema. Drawing on a wide range of scholarly disciplines, a... Lees meer

Sex Trafficking and the Media

Meghan Sobel

• Hardcover | Engels | Media, Culture and Social Change in Asia
• This book explores how sex trafficking has been reported in the media. The book is set in the context of reportage of this human rights abuse in two v... Lees meer

Genders and Sexualities in Indonesian Cinema

Ben Murtagh

• Hardcover | Engels | Media, Culture and Social Change in Asia
• Indonesia has a long and rich tradition of transgender cultures, with many festivals and local rites involving members of transgender communities. Thi... Lees meer

Youth, Society and Mobile Media in Asia

• Hardcover | Engels | Media, Culture and Social Change in Asia
• This book examines the influence of mobile media technology on the lives of young people in East and North Asia, South East Asia and Australia. It dis... Lees meer

Ethnic Minority Children in Post-Socialist Chinese Cinema

Zhenhui Yan

• Hardcover | Engels | Media, Culture and Social Change in Asia
• This book examines the surprisingly large number of films about ethnic minority children in China, considering key questions such as Why are ethnic mi... Lees meer

Journalism and Democracy in Asia

• Paperback | Engels | Media, Culture and Social Change in Asia
• Journalism and Democracy in Asia addresses key issues of freedom, democracy, citizenship, openness and journalism in contemporary Asia, looking especi... Lees meer

Islam and Popular Culture in Indonesia and Malaysia

• Paperback | Engels | Media, Culture and Social Change in Asia
• Home to approximately one-fifth of the world's Muslim population, Indonesia and Malaysia are often overlooked or misrepresented in media discourses ab... Lees meer

Media and the Chinese Diaspora

• Paperback | Engels | Media, Culture and Social Change in Asia
• The importance of the Chinese diaspora is widely recognized. Wanning Sun examines the key role of the media in the Chinese diaspora. She focuses espec... Lees meer

Chinese and Japanese Films on the Second World War

• Paperback | Engels | Media, Culture and Social Change in Asia
• This book examines representations of the Second World War in postwar Chinese and Japanese cinema. Drawing on a wide range of scholarly disciplines, a... Lees meer

Taiwan Cinema

• Paperback | Engels | Media, Culture and Social Change in Asia
• The book examines recent developments in Taiwan cinema, with particular focus on a leading contemporary Taiwan filmmaker, Wei Te-sheng, who is respons... Lees meer

Online Society in China

• Hardcover | Engels | Media, Culture and Social Change in Asia
• This book discusses the rich and varied culture of China's online society, and its impact on offline China. It argues that the internet in China is a ... Lees meer

Chinese Martial Arts Film and the Philosophy of Action

Stephen Teo

• Hardcover | Engels | Media, Culture and Social Change in Asia
• This book focuses on the philosophy of Chinese martial arts film, arguing that philosophy provides a key to understanding the whole genre. It draws on... Lees meer

Urban Culture in Pre-War Japan

Adam Croft

• Paperback | Engels | Media, Culture and Social Change in Asia
• Politically the 1910s and 1920s were dark days for Japan: economic instability, frequent political assassinations, and increasing violent military int... Lees meer

Tamil Cinema

• Paperback | Engels | Media, Culture and Social Change in Asia
• Hitherto, the academic study of Indian cinema has focused primarily on Bollywood, despite the fact that the Tamil film industry, based in southern Ind... Lees meer

The Asian Cinema Experience

Stephen Teo

• Paperback | Engels | Media, Culture and Social Change in Asia
• This book explores the range and dynamism of contemporary Asian cinemas, covering East Asia (China, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan), Southeast ... Lees meer

The Beatles in Japan

Carolyn S Stevens

• Paperback | Engels | Media, Culture and Social Change in Asia
• Following their first tour to Japan in 1966, the Beatles would become an important part of Japan's postwar cultural development and its deepening rela... Lees meer

The Origins of the Modern Chinese Press

Xiantao Zhang

• Hardcover | Engels | Media, Culture and Social Change in Asia
• This book traces the emergence of the modern Chinese press from its origins in the western Christian missionary press in the late nineteenth century. ... Lees meer