Pop music and rock music are often treated as separate genres but the distinction has
always been blurred. Motti Regev argues that pop-rock is best understood as a single …

South Korean masculinities have enjoyed dramatically greater influence in recent years in
many realms of pan-Asian popular culture, which travels freely in part because of its hybrid …

In this welcome brand new fifth edition of the bestselling textbook Understanding Japanese
Society, Joy Hendry takes the reader into the heart of Japanese life. Providing a clear and …

Integrating political events with cultural, economic, and intellectual movements, Modern
Japan provides a balanced and authoritative survey of modern Japanese history. A …

This is the most complete and compelling account of idols and celebrity in Japanese media
culture to date. Engaging with the study of media, gender and celebrity, and sensitive to …

Around the world, pop consumers are increasingly accessing popular products through
social media. Online fan groups of Korean popular music (K-pop) in Asia have dynamically …

While the influence of Western, Anglophone popular culture has continued in the global
cultural market, the Korean cultural industry has substantially developed and globally …

From the beginning of the American Occupation in 1945 to the post-bubble period of the
early 1990s, popular music provided Japanese listeners with a much-needed release …

Page 1 Affective Intensities in Extreme MUSIC Scenes Cases from Australia and Japan
Rosemary Overell - (Pop Music, Culture and Identity Page 2 Affective Intensities in Extreme …

This book explores the politics of anti-nuclear activism in Tokyo after the Fukushima nuclear
disaster of March 2011. Analyzing the protests in the context of a longer history of citizen …