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"Popular Culture" in a Changing Brazil

Edson Farias, Bianca Freire-Medeiros

In: The Routledge Companion to Global Popular Culture

Toby Miller (ed.)

New York; London: Routledge (2017), pp. 510-518

"Throughout the last century, the idea of popular culture in Brazil was intertwined with matters affecting the nation and national identity – symbols and practices that in combination became representative emblems of the essence of the country. However, there is a structural ambiguity that pervade ... more

Culture of the Selfie: Self-Representation in Contemporary Visual Culture

Ana Peraica

Amsterdam: Institute of Network Cultures (2017), 115 pp.

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Redes sociales, virtualidad y subjetividades

Alberto Constante, Ramón Chaverry (coord.)

México, DF: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) (2017), 314 pp.

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Celebrity Culture and the Entertainment Industry in Asia: Use of Celebrity and its Influence on Society, Culture and Communication

Vivienne Leung, Kimmy Cheng, Tommy Tse (eds.)

Bristol; Chicago: intellect (2017), x, 189 pp.

"Offering a rare insight into the world of celebrity and media in China and beyond, Celebrity Culture and the Entertainment Industry in Asia deconstructs the dynamics of “stardom” and celebrity endorsement in East Asia, and examines its impact on marketing communications and media. Through first ... more

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Keywords for Media Studies

Laurie Ouellette, Jonathan Gray (eds.)

New York: New York University Press (2017), vi, 229 pp.

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Strengthening the Creative Industries for Development in the Republic of Korea: Empowering Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, Jobs and Sustainable Development

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) (2017), 58 pp.

"The Republic of Korea has been successful in investing in its people and its talents. It is now investing in the potential for the youth to be great entrepreneurs. We hope that this report will be useful to developing countries and encourage them to look into new growth opportunities and sustainabl ... more

Estudio comparativo de cultura y desarrollo en Iberoamérica: Estado de las políticas públicas y aportes para el fortalecimiento de las economías creativas y culturales

Félix Lossio, Mariela Noriega, Viviana Quea, Valeria Terrones

Madrid: Organización de Estados Iberoamericanos para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura (OEI);Fundación Santillana (2016), 286 pp.

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Sociological Perspectives on Media Piracy in the Philippines and Vietnam

Vivencio O. Ballano

Singapore: Springer (2016), xiv, 259 pp.

"This book addresses the persistence of the optical media piracy trade in the Philippines and Vietnam. It goes beyond arguments of defective law enforcement and copyright legal systems by applying sociological perspectives to examine the socio-economic forces behind the advent of piracy in the regio ... more

Photography in Latin America: Images and Identities Across Time and Space

Gisela Cánepa Koch, Ingrid Kummels (eds.)

Bielefeld: transcript (2016), 242 pp.

"Historical photographs taken in Latin America have now become key sites for memory politics, ethnographic imagination, and the negotiation of identity. This volume opens up a set of questions relating to the contemporaneous agency of images as well as their current appropriation via new technologie ... more

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The Caribbean Oral Tradition: Literature, Performance, and Practice

Hanétha Vété-Congolo (ed.)

Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2016), xxvii, 201 pp.

"The book uses an innovative prism of interorality that powerfully reevaluates Caribbean orality and innovatively casts light on its overlooked and fundamental epistemological contribution into the formation of Caribbean philosophy. It defines the innovative prism of interorality as the systematic t ... more

Political Islam and Global Media: The Boundaries of Religious Identity
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Noha Mellor, Khalil Hanna Rinnawi (eds.)

London; New York: Routledge (2016), xii, 288 pp.

"The development of new and social networking sites, as well as the growth of transnational Arab television, has triggered a debate about the rise in transnational political and religious identification, as individuals and groups negotiate this new triad of media, religion and culture. This book exa ... more

Creative Economy Outlook and Country Profiles: Trends in International Trade in Creative Industries

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) (2016), vii, 161 pp.

"International trade in creative industries showed sustained growth in the last decade. The global market for traded creative goods and services totaled a record $547billion in 2012, as compared to $302 billion in 2003. Exports from developing countries, led by Asian countries, were growing faster t ... more

Geoblocking and Global Video Culture

Ramon Ramon Lobato, James Meese (eds.)

Amsterdam: Institute of Network Cultures (2016), 203 pp.

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Oral History Theory

Lynn Abrams

London; New York: Routledge, 2nd ed. (2016), xi, 238 pp.

"Oral history is increasingly acknowledged as a key tool for anyone studying the history of the recent past. This book is the first to provide a comprehensive and systematic overview of oral history theory in an accessible format.The book is structured around key themes, including the peculiarities ... more

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Ghost Movies in Southeast Asia and Beyond: Narratives, Cultural Contexts, Audiences

Peter J. Bräunlein, Andrea Lauser (eds.)

Leiden; Boston, MA: Brill (2016), xiii, 295 pp.

"Ghost Movies in Southeast Asia and Beyond explores ghost movies, one of the most popular film genres in East and Southeast Asia, by focusing on movie narratives, the cultural contexts of their origins and audience reception. In the middle of the Asian crisis of the late 1990s, ghost movies became m ... more

The Indian Graphic Novel: Nation, History and Critique

Pramod K. Nayar

London: Routledge (2016), xvi, 212 pp.

"This book is a detailed study of the Indian graphic novel as a significant category of South Asian literature. It focuses on the genre's engagement with history, memory and cultural identity and its critique of the nation in the form of dissident histories and satire. Deploying a nuanced theoretica ... more

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Gringo Trails, Gringo Tales: Storytelling, Destination Perspectives, and Tourism Globalization

Pegi Vail

In: Voice & Matter: Communication, Development and the Cultural Return

Oscar Hemer; Thomas Tufte (eds.)

Göteborg: Nordicom (2016), pp. 189-199

"The documentary film Gringo Trails explores the long-term effects of tourism globalization on cultures, economies and the environment in the developing world through the lens of budget backpacker travelers and their storytelling. This chapter explores the travel narrative to tourism globalization a ... more

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Routledge Handbook of Asian Theatre

Siyuan Liu

London; New York: Routledge (2016), xxiii, 578 pp.

"Routledge Handbook of Asian Theatre is an advanced level reference guide which surveys the rich and diverse traditions of classical and contemporary performing arts in Asia, showcasing significant scholarship in recent years. An international team of over 50 contributors provide authoritative overv ... more

Hallyu 2.0: The Korean Wave in the Age of Social Media

Ann Arbor

University of Michigan Press (2015), vi, 268 pp.

"Collectively known as Hallyu, Korean music, television programs, films, online games, and comics enjoy global popularity, thanks to new communication technologies. In recent years, Korean popular culture has also become the subject of academic inquiry. Whereas the Hallyu's impact on Korea's nationa ... more

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