Bøker i Media, Culture and Social Change in Asia-serien

This book explores the phenomenon of V-Cinema, founded in Japan in 1989 as a distribution system for direct-to-video movies which film companies began making having failed to recoup their investment in big budget films. It examines how this period of history in Japanese cinema was an exceptionally diverse and vibrant film scene.

Tamil Cinema in the Twenty-First Century explores the current state of Tamil cinema, one of India's largest film industries

This book examines how China's new generation of avant-garde writers and artists are pushing the boundaries of vernacular culture, creatively appropriating artistic and literary languages from global cultures to reflect on reform-era China's transformation and the Maoist heritage.

This book explores a wide range of issues connected to the ways in which WeChat works and is used, across the world among the newest members of the Chinese diaspora.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of Nepal¿s news media, including empirical studies, critical reviews, and theoretical and philosophical analyses focusing on journalism and contemporary media practices in the country, using local analyses and global perspectives.

Tamil Cinema in the Twenty-First Century explores the current state of Tamil cinema, one of India's largest film industries

"Examines the international relations of Southeast Asia, focusing on how these are affected by the special Indonesia-Malaysia bilateral relationship - Malaysia and Indonesia, although separate states, can be seen as constituting a single Indo-Malay cultural world"--

HIV/AIDS is a serious problem in China. This book explores HIV/AIDS, its portrayal in China's media, and the implications for public health policy. It discusses how many Chinese wrongly believe themselves to be immune, with infection only a possibility for other ethnic groups with perceived lower moral standards.

"Indonesia has a long and rich tradition of transgender cultures, with many festivals and local rites involving members of transgender communities. This book examines how transgendered individuals and transgendered communities are represented in Indonesian film, both gay, lesbian and wari (male-to-female transgender) film and more general film"--

Examines the role played by the media in China's cultural transformation. This book demonstrates that the media is integral to China's changing culture in the age of globalization, whilst also being part and parcel of the State and its project of re-imagining national identity.