Popular Culture and Soft Power in East Asia .

Popular Culture and Soft Power in East Asia Area of Study: East Asian Popular Culture Choose one country in East Asia 1. Welcome to Korea Day: From Diasporic to Hallyu “Fan-Nationalism” (Irina Lyan) 2. From Film Stories to National Soft Power: Policies and Film Content of South Korea, Japan, and China (Bruno Lovric) These ones are recommended readings for the essay: 1. Seliger, Bernhard J. (2013) The Opening of Popular Cultural Markets of South Korea under Economic Nationalism and International Pressure. In: Lent, John A. & Fitzsimmons, Lorna (eds.) Asian Popular Culture in Transition. Abingdon: Routledge, p. 38-58. 2. Press-Barnathan, Galia (2012) Does Popular Culture Matter to International Relations Scholars? Possible Links and Methodological Challenges. In: Otmazgin, Nissim & Ben-Ari, Eyal (eds) Popular Culture and the State in East and Southeast Asia. London and New York: Routledge, p. 29-45. 3. Oh, L. (2014) ‘A League of their Own: Female Supporters of Hallyu and Korea–Japan Relations’, Pacific focus, 29(2), pp. 284–302. 4. Lee, Hye-kyung (2013). Cultural Policy and the Korean Wave: From national culture to transnational consumerism. In: Kim, Youna (ed.) The Korean Wave: Korean media go global. London and New York: Routledge, p. 185-198. 5. Chua, Beng Huat (2017) Regional soft power/creative industries competition. In: Iwabuchi, Koichi, Tsai, Eva & Berry, Chris (eds.) Routledge Handbook of East Asian Popular Culture. London and New York: Routledge, p. 242-253. 6. Chua, Beng Huat (2012) Structure, Audience and Soft Power in East Asian Pop Culture. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. – Chapter 7: Pop Culture as Soft Power 7. Bouissou, Jean-Marie (2012) Popular Culture as a Tool for Soft Power: Myth or Reality? Manga in Four European Countries. In: Otmazgin, Nissim & Ben-Ari, Eyal (eds) Popular Culture and the State in East and Southeast Asia. London and New York: Routledge, p. 46-64.