Pop Culture in Asia and Oceania

This ready reference is a comprehensive guide to pop culture in Asia and Oceania including topics such as top Korean singers Thailand''s sports heroes and Japanese fashion.This entertaining introduction to Asian pop culture covers the global superstars music idols blockbuster films and current trendsfrom the eclectic to the undergroundof East Asia and South Asia including China Japan Korea India the Philippines Thailand Vietnam and Pakistan as well as Oceania. The rich content features an exploration of the politics and personalities of Bollywood a look at how baseball became a huge phenomenon in Taiwan and Japan the ways in which censorship affects social media use in these regions and the influence of the United States on the movies music and Internet in Asia.Topics include contemporary literature movies television and radio the Internet sports video games and fashion. Brief overviews of each topic precede entries featuring key musicians songs published works actors and actresses popular websites top athletes video games and clothing fads and designers. The book also contains top-ten lists a chronology of pop culture events and a bibliography. Sidebars throughout the text provide additional anecdotal information.