Feeling Asian Modernities: Transnational Consumption of Japanese TV Dramas

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Contents Acknowledgements IX Contributors XI Note on Japanese Name s xvn Introduction: Cultura l Globalization and Asian Media Connections Koiehi IWABUCHI I ENCODIN G JAPANES E (POST-)TRENDY DRAMA S 23฀ 1. Th e Representation o f Femininity in Japanese Television Dramas of the 1990 s ITO Mamoru 25 vi฀Content s฀ 2. Empowerin g Love: The Intertextual Author of 4 3 Ren'ai Dorama Eva TSAI 3. Producin g (Post-)Trend y Japanese TV Dramas 6 9 OTA Torn I E฀TRANSLOCA L฀READINGS฀IN฀EAST/SOUTHEAST฀ASIA฀8 7฀ 4. Ganbaru and Its Transcultural Audience: Imaginary 8 9 and Reality of Japanese TV Dramas in Hong Kong Lisa Yuk-ming LEUNG 5. Th e Desired Form: Japanese Idol Dramas in Taiwan 10 7 Yu-fen Ko 6. Travelin g With Japanese TV Dramas: 12 9 Cross-cultural Orientation and Flowing Identificatio n of Contemporary Taiwanese Youth Ming-tsung LEE 7. Definin g Asian Femininity: Chines e Viewers of Japanese 15 5 TV Dramas in Singapore Elizabeth MACLACHLAN & Geok-lian CHUA 8. Popula r Cultur e and Youth Consumption: 17 7 Modernity, Identity and Social Transformatio n Ubonrat฀SIRIYUVASAK฀ III฀VCD :฀ASIA N฀TRANSNATIONAL฀CULTURAL฀TECHNOLOGY฀20 3฀ 9. Chines e Re-makings of Pirated VCDs of Japanese 20 5 TV Dramas Kelly Hu Contents฀v| i฀ 10. VC D as Programmatic Technology: 22 7 Japanese Television Drama in Hong Kong Darrell William DAVIS & Emilie Yueh-yu YEH IV฀KOREA N฀NEGOTIATION S฀WIT H฀JAPA N฀24 9฀ 11. Cultura l Contac t With Japanese TV Dramas: 25 1 Modes of Reception and Narrative Transparenc y Dong-Hoo LEE 12. Korea n American Youths' Consumption o f Korean 27 5 and Japanese TV Dramas and Its Implication s Jung-Sun PARK V฀AFTERWOR D฀30 1฀ The Cultural Intimacy of TV Drama 30 3 lenANG Index 311 ...