Textbooks
The birth of Korean cool : how one nation is conquering the world through pop culture by Call Number: DS923.23 .H66 2014ISBN: 9781250045119Publication Date: New York : Picador, 2014.
Chinese Whispers: Why Everything You've Heard About China is Wrong by ISBN: 1780224745Publication Date: 2014
Cultural studies and the study of popular culture: theories and methods by Call Number: HM101 .S789 1996ISBN: 0820318698Publication Date: 1996
East Asian pop culture : analysing the Korean wave by Call Number: PN1992.3.K6 E38 2008ISBN: 9789622098923Publication Date: 2008
An introductory guide to cultural theory and popular culture by Call Number: CB19 .S745 1993ISBN: 0820315907Publication Date: Athens : University of Georgia Press, 1993
Japanese popular culture and globalization by Call Number: DS822.5 .T8595 2010ISBN: 9780924304620Publication Date: 2010
Making majorities : constituting the nation in Japan, Korea, China, Malaysia, Fiji, Turkey, and the United States by Call Number: GN495.6 .M35 1998ISBN: 0804730474Publication Date: 1998
E-Books
[electronic resource] The Korean Wave: Korean Media Go Global by Publication Date: 2013
[electronic resource] Global Goes Local : Popular Culture in Asia by Publication Date: 2002
In Godzilla’s footsteps : Japanese pop culture icons on the global stage by Call Number: ebookPublication Date: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006."At last, a critical analysis of Godzilla movies that breathes enough fire to be worthy of the Big G himself. This is a book for anyone interested in Japanese culture ..."
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Recommended Reading
Cartoon cultures : the globalization of Japanese popular media by Call Number: DS822.5 .C695 2010ISBN: 9781433103681Publication Date: 2010
China in the mix : cinema, sound, and popular culture in the age of globalization by Call Number: PN1995.7 .X56 2017ISBN: 9781496812605Publication Date: 2017
The end of cool Japan : ethical, legal, and cultural challenges to Japanese popular culture by Call Number: DS822.5 .E5165 2017ISBN: 9781138638259Publication Date: 2017
Identity politics and popular culture in Taiwan : a Sajiao generation by Call Number: DS799.4 .Y84 2017ISBN: 9781498510325Publication Date: 2017
New Korean wave : transnational cultural power in the age of social media by Call Number: HM621 .J556 2016ISBN: 9780252039973Publication Date: Urbana, Chicago : University of Illinois Press, [2016]
