Rogue Flows: Trans-Asian Cultural Traffic

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Index Abisheganaden, Jacintha, 97, 100 academic skills, 8, 15 traffic, 250–3 see also cultural studies Africa, 3, 27–8 Amsi, Ali Raja Kunhi, 14 ancestor worship, 42, 43 AOL Time Warner, 61 Asia Pacific Young Fashion Designers’ Show, 229–38, 242–4 Asian Music Conference, 114 Asian values, 1, 96, 125, 140, 143, 185 ‘Asianness’, 96, 128, 136, 137, 240 exploitation, 2–3, 25 multicultural, 135–7, 148n, 149n Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), 139–40 ATV, 58 Aum Supreme Sect, 155 Australasia, 56, 57 Australia, 8, 62, 153, 249–60 Be Gong, 39, 49n Beijing teahouses, 7, 198–220 Beijing Television, 63 Big Brother, 55, 66, 68 British East India company, 14 broadcasting industry see films; television Buddha Bless America, 75–6, 79–81 Buddhism, 38, 39, 42, 48n, 210 Buddhist temples, Thai, 38–40 Cantopop, 6, 101, 111, 181 capitalism, 1, 34, 119–20, 124, 129–34, 143, 153, 154 Celador, 65 Chen Qiang, 67–8 China Central Television, 63, 64, 65 China Entertainment Television, 61 China, People’s Republic of, 4, 31–50, 140, 177, 191–2n Beijing, 7, 63, 198–220 civil society, 211–7 Communism, 60, 81, 210 Confucianism, 60, 62, 209, 214 Cultural Revolution, 198, 202 fashion, 223, 231 films, 35, 60 264 Index Guomindang, 214, 216 Hong Kong relationship, 170 karaoke, 206 Maoism, 60, 61, 189 novels, 60 television, 4, 53–69 adaptation, 59–60, 64–5 content, 61 dating shows, 62–3, 69n quiz shows, 54–5, 61, 63–6 reality game shows, 54–5, 61, 66– 8 social groups, 214–7 teahouses, 197–218 theatres, 210 World Trade Organisation accession, 59 Chinese identity see ‘Chineseness’ Chinese New Year, 39 ‘Chineseness’, 4, 34, 35–6, 38, 40, 44, 88, 124, 170, 203, 205 Christianity, 16–17, 49n, 224 cinema see films civil society, 37, 187–90, 211–7 definition, 37 coffeehouses, 211, 212–3 Communism, 60, 81, 210 Confucianism, 60, 62, 86, 209–10, 214 corruption, 36, 140 Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, 35 cults/religious sects, 23–5, 31–47, 48n Nine Emperor Gods, 31–4 Taoist, 43–4, 209 cultural studies, 20, 37, 251–60 corporate, 20, 24 transnational, 8, 15, 20, 251 da Gama, Vasco, 14, 16–7 democracy, 213–7 see also politics; Western influence Descendants of the Eunuch Admiral, 123, 126, 128, 129–34, 138, 146n, 147n diaspora Asian, 3 Chinese, 39 trade, 16 Vietnamese, 184 ECM, 64, 65 economy/economic development baht devaluation, 144n Euro-American domination, 142–3 history, 3–4, 14–8 Japan, 152, 155 ‘miracle’, 1, 120 1990s financial crisis, 1, 36, 119, 144n Singapore, 124 Vietnam, 182–3 Elle Japon, 160–1, 163 equality see inequality/equality Eurocentrism, 13 Europe, 3, 25–7, 56, 57, 135, 140, 226 fans, Hong Kong pop star, 161–2, 163– 5, 166–7, 169, 170, 173n fashion, 7–8, 221–44 Asian, 222–4 Asia Pacific Young Fashion Designers’ Show, 229–38 international contributors, 230–1 Asian, 222–4, 237 designers’ power, 8, 243–4 Hong Kong as a centre, 224–9 Hong Kong Fashion Week, 222, 228–9 fetishism, 23–5 films, 37, 43 Buddha Bless America, 75, 79–81 China, 35, 60 co-productions, 1, 73, 89n Crocodile Dundee, 153 Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, 35 Index 265 Descendants of the Eunuch Admiral, 123, 126, 128, 129–34, 138, 146n, 147n Hong Kong, 6, 43, 50n, 159–60, 161–2, 258–9 Hokkien, 75–81, 86–8, 90n Hollywood, 56, 89n Japan, 1, 157–8 The Man from Hong Kong, 258–9 Money No Enough, 75, 76–9, 83, 85, 86–7, 90n ‘sword and ghost’, 4, 35 Singapore, 75, 86–8, 90n South Korea, 177, 185 Swallowtail Butterfly, 157, 158 Taiwan, 75, 76–7, 89n, 90n Traps, 253–4, 255 financial crisis, Asian, 1, 36, 119, 144n fishing industry, 18–19 The Flying Circus Project, 135, 148n folk religion, 22 Fuji TV, 64, 69n Fukuoka Asian Culture prize, 96 game and quiz shows, 4, 54–6, 57–8, 60, 61, 63–6, 66–8 Ghafur, Mulla Abdul, 14 globalisation, 37, 119–20, 121, 127, 142–3, 144n, 168, 184, 205, 242, 259 ancient roots, 3, 28 capitalism, 1, 3 fashion, 7–8 media, 9, 152 television, 61 West-dominated, 9 Goh Chok Tong, 89n, 147n Great Britain, 18 Guangdong Television, 62 Hello Singapore FM 96.3, 108 heterotopia, 13–4, 257–8 Hinduism, 17, 22, 23, 41 Ho Chi Minh, 189...