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Yes, you can access Pop Empires by S. Heijin Lee, Monika Mehta, Robert Ji-Song Ku, Allison Alexy in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Social Sciences & Indian & South Asian History. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

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Publisher

University of Hawaii Press

Year

2019

eBook ISBN

9780824879921

Edition

Topic

Social Sciences

Subtopic

Indian & South Asian History

Index

Social Sciences

Contents
Series Editor’s Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I: Queering Routes and Roots
Introduction
1. The Softening of Butches: The Adoption of Korean “Soft” Masculinity among Thai Toms
2. Between Screens and Bodies: New Queer Performance in India
3. K-pop in Mexico: Flash Mobs, Media Stunts, and the Momentum of Global Mutual Recognition
4. Making the Past Present: Intertextuality and Pastiche in Bollywood Neo-Noir
Part II: Relocating Stardom
Introduction
5. The Politics and Promises of “Gangnam Style”
6. Ranveer Singh’s “Chichorapan”: Habitus, Masculinity, and Stardom
7. Consolidating Bollywood: Spectacularity without Stardom
8. Imitating Flower Boy Stars: K-pop Male Stars and Assembling New Female Masculinity in South Korea
Part III: (Not) Crossing Over
Introduction
9. Expanding Diasporic Identity through Bollywood Dance in London
10. From Seoul to Cinemascapes: The Private Lives of Contemporary Cine-Tourism in (and out) of India
11. Hallyu in Hollywood: South Korean Actors in the United States
12. Sassy Girls: A Transnational Reading of the Monstrous Girlfriend in South Korea, India, and the United States
Part IV: Mediating Circuits and Markets
Introduction
13. Imagining Virtual Audiences: Digital Distribution, Global Media, and Online Fandom
14. How K-pop Went Global: Digitization and the Market-Making of Korean Entertainment Houses
15. Toward a Global Community: Dreaming High with K-pop
16. Thinking Outside the Canvas: The Lost Art of Cinema Billboards in South Korea and India
Bibliography
Contributors
Index

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