Postcolonial studies meets media studies: a critical encounter
Bielefeld:
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(2016), 262 pp.
ISBN 978-3-8376-3294-1 (pbk); 978-3-8394-3294-5 (online)
"The book brings together experts from Media and Communication Studies with Postcolonial Studies scholars to illustrate how the two fields may challenge and enrich each other. Its essays introduce readers to selected topics including »Media Convergence«, »Transcultural Subjectivity«, »Hegemony«, »Piracy« and »Media History and Colonialism«. Drawing on examples from film, literature, music, TV and the internet, the contributors investigate the transnational dimensions in today's media, engage with local and global media politics and discuss media outlets as economic agents, thus illustrating mechanisms of power in postcolonial and neo-colonial mediascapes." (Publisher)
Contents
Introduction / Kai Merten and Lucia Krämer, 7
I. GLOBAL MEDIA
Media coverage / Terry Flew and Bonnie Rui Liu, 25
Media globalization: The "global public sphere" - a critical reappraisal / Kai Hafez, 43
Transcultural subjectivity: Beyond the global/local divide - towards a transcultural understanding of mediated subjectivity / Brian Creech and Anandam Kavoori, 67
Diasporic media: Global media and the emergence of 'lonely sojourners' and 'passive transnationals' / Uriya Shavit, 85
II. MEDIA POLITICS
Inter/national media politics: Approaches to postcolonial studies / Barbara Thomass, 103
Hegemony and counter-hegemony in postcolonial media theory and culture / Rinella Cere, 125
Performing regulation: The politics of postcolonial film exhibition and DVD distribution / Monika Mehta, 143
III. MEDIA INDUSTRIES
Postcolonial piracy / Lars Eckstein, 161
Sound cultures / Carla M. Maier, 179
Commodification / Oliver Lindner, 197
The marketing of postcolonial literature / Ana Cristina Mendes, 215
MEDIA HISTORY
Postcolonial media history: Historical arguments for a future field of research / Sven Werkmeister, 235
I. GLOBAL MEDIA
Media coverage / Terry Flew and Bonnie Rui Liu, 25
Media globalization: The "global public sphere" - a critical reappraisal / Kai Hafez, 43
Transcultural subjectivity: Beyond the global/local divide - towards a transcultural understanding of mediated subjectivity / Brian Creech and Anandam Kavoori, 67
Diasporic media: Global media and the emergence of 'lonely sojourners' and 'passive transnationals' / Uriya Shavit, 85
II. MEDIA POLITICS
Inter/national media politics: Approaches to postcolonial studies / Barbara Thomass, 103
Hegemony and counter-hegemony in postcolonial media theory and culture / Rinella Cere, 125
Performing regulation: The politics of postcolonial film exhibition and DVD distribution / Monika Mehta, 143
III. MEDIA INDUSTRIES
Postcolonial piracy / Lars Eckstein, 161
Sound cultures / Carla M. Maier, 179
Commodification / Oliver Lindner, 197
The marketing of postcolonial literature / Ana Cristina Mendes, 215
MEDIA HISTORY
Postcolonial media history: Historical arguments for a future field of research / Sven Werkmeister, 235
