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This collection of essays is the result of a workshop organized by the Cultural Studies in Asia Research Cluster at the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore. The aim of the Cluster is to promote collaborative research in contemporary cultural practices which are influenced by intensifying transnational exchanges across historical, linguistic and cultural boundaries in Asia. ARI serves as a site for bringing researchers together in collaborative endeavours of research, conferences and publications. Its funding of this workshop is gratefully acknowledged. We would also like to thank the members of the ‘events team’ at ARI, especially Ms Alyson Rozells, for their skills and efficiency in organizing the logistics of the workshop. Professor Chen Kuan-Hsing, who was then Visiting Fellow at ARI, provided insightful comments throughout the two-day workshop. As the research assistant to the Cultural Studies Cluster, Ms Laavanya Kathiravelu was the first to read through and carry out initial editing of the manuscript, for which we are indebted. Chapter 8 was previously published under the title of “Transnational Media Consumption and Cultural Identity: Young Korean Women’s Cultural Appropriation of Japanese TV Dramas”, in The Asian Journal of Women’s Studies 12(2), 2006. Permission of the editors for republication in this volume is gratefully acknowledged. Acknowledgements viii Koichi Iwabuchi, Stephen Muecke and Mandy Thomas ...

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