Film Censorship and Soft Power in Asian Countries - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Film Censorship and Soft Power in Asian Countries write by Jing Shi. This book was released on 2023. Film Censorship and Soft Power in Asian Countries available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This thesis examines the way censorship functions in the context of films in South Korea and Vietnam. It also looks at the way censorship policies are changing as these Asian countries grow and compete with the Western world’s films on a global platform, and the way soft power influences the film industry in these Asian countries. Worldwide, the Asian film industry does not occupy a mainstream position compared to Western countries. The United States is recognized as the authoritative center of the film industry worldwide due to the dominance of the Hollywood film industry and coveted awards such as the Oscars. Incorporating research from scholarly literature and case studies, this study demonstrates that censorship has historically limited the development of films in South Korea and Vietnam. However, changes in market dynamics, political landscape, and economic growth have led to the emergence of cultural soft power that is reshaping the industry. As a result, the perceptions of Asian films on the international stage are evolving, with increasing recognition and success in the global film market. The thesis provides a comprehensive analysis of the complex interplay between censorship, soft power, and the growth of the film industry in South Korea and Vietnam, illuminating the elements that contribute to their cinematic development.
Structure, Audience and Soft Power in East Asian Pop Culture
Structure, Audience and Soft Power in East Asian Pop Culture - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Structure, Audience and Soft Power in East Asian Pop Culture write by Beng Huat Chua. This book was released on 2012-03-01. Structure, Audience and Soft Power in East Asian Pop Culture available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. East Asian pop culture can be seen as an integrated cultural economy emerging from the rise of Japanese and Korean pop culture as an influential force in the distribution and reception networks of Chinese language pop culture embedded in the ethnic Chinese diaspora. Taking Singapore as a locus of pan-Asian Chineseness, Chua Beng Huat provides detailed analysis of the fragmented reception process of transcultural audiences and the processes of audiences’ formation and exercise of consumer power and engagement with national politics. In an era where exercise of military power is increasingly restrained, pop culture has become an important component of soft power diplomacy and transcultural collaborations in a region that is still haunted by colonization and violence. The author notes that the aspirations behind national governments' efforts to use popular culture is limited by the fragmented nature of audiences who respond differently to the same products; by the danger of backlash from other members of the importing country's population that do not consume the popular culture products in question; and by the efforts of the primary consuming country, the People's Republic of China to shape products through co-production strategies and other indirect modes of intervention.
Feeding the Dragon
Feeding the Dragon - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Feeding the Dragon write by Chris Fenton. This book was released on 2020-07-28. Feeding the Dragon available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. “Paced like a thriller, with comparable doses of international intrigue and conflict, Chris Fenton’s bracingly candid business memoir Feeding the Dragon takes readers deep behind the scenes of Hollywood’s shaky foothold in China. Dealing at the highest levels with Chinese government officials and major American brands like Disney, Marvel, and the NBA, the former Olive Garden waiter-turned-entertainment-industry-power-broker disarmed and defied authorities on both sides of the superpower divide to make billions—and history. Thanks to a brisk, page-turning storytelling style and an evenhanded, insider-level perspective decades in the making, Feeding the Dragon manages to be both timeless and timely. Captivating details on Robert Downey Jr., LeBron James, Kurt Cobain, Michael Phelps, and Marvel Universe creative mastermind Kevin Feige (among others) will enthrall average fans and aspiring moguls alike. But the beating narrative heart remains Fenton’s down-to-earth recounting of a headline-making journey. Ultimately, the intrepid exec builds a compelling case for the power of “cultural diplomacy”: mutually-beneficial, soft power-sharing exchanges as a better way forward than the hardliner battle lines being drawn across Beijing, Washington, and Los Angeles. Teeming with urgent insights about unlikely alliances and dangerous misperceptions, Feeding the Dragon is a must-read for anyone interested in the future of the US-China relationship and the bottom-line realities of show business and professional sports today. Even better, it’s a supremely entertaining ride for anyone who simply loves a great story…. Chris often told me about projects and plans off-the-record that I wouldn’t have reported on anyway, because they all seemed wildly improbable. Every single one came true. And now they’re all down on the page.” —Jamie Bryan, Fast Company contributor
Motion Picture Film Censorship in Various Asian Countries
Motion Picture Film Censorship in Various Asian Countries - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Motion Picture Film Censorship in Various Asian Countries write by Sirikanya Banchong-Silpa. This book was released on 1965. Motion Picture Film Censorship in Various Asian Countries available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Popular Culture and the State in East and Southeast Asia
Popular Culture and the State in East and Southeast Asia - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Popular Culture and the State in East and Southeast Asia write by Nissim Otmazgin. This book was released on 2013-03-01. Popular Culture and the State in East and Southeast Asia available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This volume examines the relations between popular culture production and export and the state in East and Southeast Asia including the urban centres and middle-classes of Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, China, Thailand, and the Philippines. It addresses the shift in official thinking toward the role of popular culture in the political life of states brought about by the massive circulation of cultural commodities and the possibilities for attaining "soft power". In contrast to earlier studies, this volume pays particular attention to the role of states and cross-state cultural interactions in these processes. It is the first major attempt to look at these issues comparatively and to provide an important corrective to the limitations of existing scholarship on popular culture in Asia that have usually neglected its political aspects. As part of this move, the essays in this volume suggest a widening of disciplinary perspectives. Hitherto, the preponderance of relevant studies has been in cultural and media fields, anthropology or history. Here the contributors explicitly draw on other disciplinary perspectives – political science and international relations, political economy, law, and policy studies – to explore the complex interrelationships between the state, politics and economics, and popular culture. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of Asian culture, society and politics, the sociology of culture, political science and media studies.
