{"product_id":"korean-wave-in-south-asia-transcultural-flow-fandom-and-identity","title":"Korean Wave in South Asia: Transcultural Flow, Fandom and Identity","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook info:\u003c\/strong\u003e Korean Wave in South Asia: Transcultural Flow, Fandom and Identity (Hardcover, 266 pages) – Palgrave Macmillan, 2022. Language: English.\u003c\/p\u003e\n This book is a systematic investigation of Korean cultural wave in South Asia, discovering and analysing the dynamics of fandom, mechanism of media industry and growing phenomena of Korean culture in this part of the world. This is one of the very first academic volumes in South Asia that examines cultural politics, language and literatures of Korea in a regional location when there might be some on examining the political and diplomatic relations divorced from socio-cultural interactions. It focuses on three major aspects: identity formation in the age of digital culture, fandom and aspiration in the wake of subculture, and transcultural flow in South Asia. Through these thematic indicators and empirical instances the volume explores the modes of transcultural flow vis a via the global cultural flow. The patterns and processes of identity construction transformed among the teenagers and youths in the realm of digital media and embodying the Korean cultural elements. The book will contribute in the area of media and cultural studies, global culture and politics, arts and humanities, social sciences and area studies.Chapter 1 is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.  \n\n                                         Editorial Reviews                   From the Back Cover   \u003cp\u003eThis book is an exclusive collection of essays based on empirical investigation of Korean cultural wave in South Asia. Scholars from across the borders discover and analyse the dynamics of fandom, mechanism of media industry and growing phenomena of Hallyu or Korean wave from a transcultural communication approach. This edited volume is one of the very first scholarly intervention in South Asia that unravels the cultural practices of fandom, subculture and affective practices of the youth. It provides detailed understanding of transcultural flow in the age of internet, intermediality and interactive practices in the globalized mediascape. Thematically the book is divided into three sections, looking at the (a) interactive dynamic between media, identity and politics, (b) fandom and affective politics and (c) adaptation, cultural effects and co-creation. The book will contribute in the area of media and cultural studies, South Asian studies, global culture and politics, arts and humanities, social sciences and area studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 1 is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRatan Kumar Roy is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Culture, Media \u0026amp; Governance, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. He is an affiliated fellow at All India Communication and Media Association, New Delhi and the editor-in-chief of SDG Newsletter published by SIMEC Institute of Technology, Bangladesh. Dr. Roy’s recent publications include Television in Bangladesh: News and Audiences (Routledge, 2021). His research interests are anthropology of media and communication, visual culture and South Asia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBiswajit Das is Professor and founding Director of Centre for Culture, Media \u0026amp; Governance, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. He has over three decades of teaching and research experiences in the field of theory, method and history of Communication in India. He is the founding President of All India Communication and Media Association in India. His recent publications include Gandhian Thought and Communication (edited, Sage 2020) and Caste, Communication and Power (co-edited, Sage 2021).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e           About the Author   Ratan Kumar Roy is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Culture, Media \u0026amp; Governance, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India. He was a residency research fellow in Asia Culture Centre, Korea, from July-November 2018. He received Doctoral award from the Department of Sociology, South Asian University (A University Established by SAARC Nations), New Delhi. He worked as a television journalist in Bangladesh before starting his doctoral research on the relation of audiences and television news in Bangladesh. Dr. Roy’s research interests are digital media politics, media culture, anthropology of media, media: gender and child rights, visual culture, mediated social movement, cultural politics in South Asia. He is the co-editor of SWAN reports on the Status of Women in Media in South Asia 2020.\u003cp\u003eBiswajit Das is Professor and founding Director of Centre for Culture, Media \u0026amp; Governance, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India. He has over three decades of teaching and research experiences in the field of theory, method and history of Communication in India. Prior joining the centre, he worked with national and international agencies in conducting communication research and training.\u003c\/p\u003e                                           ","brand":"Ratan Kumar Roy, Biswajit Das","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46068788461802,"sku":"9789811687099","price":117.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/5301\/6298\/files\/61vdS_Pe0jL._SL1500.jpg?v=1781183394","url":"https:\/\/textbookme.store\/products\/korean-wave-in-south-asia-transcultural-flow-fandom-and-identity","provider":"TextbookMe","version":"1.0","type":"link"}