Bøger i Asia Pop! serien

The boys love (BL) genre was created for girls and women by young female manga (comic) artists in early 1970s Japan to challenge oppressive gender and sexual norms. Over the years, BL has seen almost irrepressible growth in popularity. Queer Transfigurations is the first detailed examination of the BL media explosion across Asia.

In 1978 the films Snake in the Eagle's Shadow and Drunken Master, both starring a young Jackie Chan changed the landscape of martial arts cinema. This first book-length analysis of kung fu comedy interrogates the politics of the films and their representations of the performing body.

Proposes an anthropological concept of animation as a contrast and complement to performance: the idea that we construct social others by projecting parts of ourselves out into the world might prove useful for thinking about such topics as climate crisis, corporate branding, and social media.

Bollywood" and "Hallyu" are increasingly competing with "Hollywood" - either replacing it or filling a void in places where it never held sway. This critical multidisciplinary anthology places the mediascapes of India, South Korea, and the US in comparative dialogue to explore the transnational flows of technology, capital, and labour.

Bollywood" and "Hallyu" are increasingly competing with "Hollywood" - either replacing it or filling a void in places where it never held sway. This critical multidisciplinary anthology places the mediascapes of India, South Korea, and the US in comparative dialogue to explore the transnational flows of technology, capital, and labour.