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The Asian TV industry is 'unstoppable' reported Variety in 2008, yet still most people living in the West have no idea what the rest of the world is watching on TV: what makes them laugh and cry every day. East Asia, as this book demonstrates, produces drama that is watched by vast audiences. The dramas themselves are diverse in form and content, have value that is local as well as transcultural and strongly appeal, in terms of their aesthetics, storytelling, acting and cinematography to non-Asian as well as Asian audiences. Reading Asian Television Drama offers an informative overview of East Asian television drama and its cultural impact. It examines both the text and context of TV dramas from such countries as Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, China and South Korea. Chapters analyse various internationally popular dramas including South Korean 'hallyu' shows like Jewel in the Palace, Winter Sonata and Wedding. Other chapters focus on Asian TV networks within Asia, as well as Asian global cultural exchange and the international consumption of East Asian television drama.They also provide full and varied coverage of the major issues relating to contemporary East Asian television and its cultural formation within Asia as well as in the West.
List of contents
Contents
Acknowledgements
Notes on Contributors
Editorial Notes
Introduction Jeongmee Kim
Part I. Crossing Borders
Chapter 1. ‘I rili lyke dis’: Forum Culture and the Cosmopolitan Spacing of Asian Television Online Maimuna Dali Islam
Chapter 2. A New Era of Hong Kong Television: Juxtaposing Market with Politics Anthony Fung
Chapter 3. Crossing Borders, Building Bridges?: ‘Asian Stars’ in Japanese TV Drama Hilaria Gössmann and Griseldis Kirsch
Part II. Women and Asian Melodrama
Chapter 4. Women and Television in Malaysia: Soaps, Transnational Pleasure and Modernity Chris Hudson and Md. Azalanshah
Chapter 5. ‘Like a Virgin’: Sex, Marriage and Gender Relations in the Korean Television Drama Wedding Brenda Chan
Part III. Sound, Music and Asian Drama
Chapter 6. ‘Don’t Forget’: The Musical Dimensions of South Korean Television Drama Robert L. Cagle
Chapter 7. Dubbing and The Water Margin: Asian TV Drama Comes to Britain, But Does It Survive the Trip? Basil Glynn
Part III. Korean Television Drama: The Latest Wave
Chapter 8. ‘Korean Wave’ in Taiwan: Cultural Representation of Identities and Food in the Korean TV Drama Daejanggeum Ming-Yeh T. Rawnsley
Chapter 9. Say Hallyu, Wave Goodbye: The Rise and Fall of Korean Wave Drama Jeongmee Kim
Chapter 10. Genesis by the Sword and Special Effects in Korean TV Costume Drama Sheng-mei Ma
Bibliography
Index
About the author
Jeongmee Kim is a Senior Lecturer in Film and Televisions tudies at Manchester Metropolitan University. She has published in such academic journals as 'Critical Studies in Television' and 'Media, Culture & Society'.
Summary
The Asian TV industry is 'unstoppable' reported Variety in 2008, yet still most people living in the West have no idea what the rest of the world is watching on TV: what makes them laugh and cry every day. East Asia, as this book demonstrates, produces drama that is watched by vast audiences. The dramas themselves are diverse in form and content, have value that is local as well as transcultural and strongly appeal, in terms of their aesthetics, storytelling, acting and cinematography to non-Asian as well as Asian audiences. Reading Asian Television Drama offers an informative overview of East Asian television drama and its cultural impact. It examines both the text and context of TV dramas from such countries as Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, China and South Korea. Chapters analyse various internationally popular dramas including South Korean 'hallyu' shows like Jewel in the Palace, Winter Sonata and Wedding. Other chapters focus on Asian TV networks within Asia, as well as Asian global cultural exchange and the international consumption of East Asian television drama.
They also provide full and varied coverage of the major issues relating to contemporary East Asian television and its cultural formation within Asia as well as in the West.
