Refashioning Pop Music in Asia

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This collection of essays has its origins in a series of symposia organised by the Centre for Asian Communication, Media and Cultural Studies at Edith Cowan University, Perth, Western Australia. We held the symposia over a period of four years and always sought to be at the edges rather than at the centre of current debates in Asian studies. Our first effort, in 1995, focused on the internet in Asia. We could see that the introduction of the net would have profound consequences for Asia, but it was not a view then shared by many of our colleagues. Subsequent symposia focused on the Hong Kong action cinema, representing the body in Asia and medical traditions in Asia. ‘Cultural Values and Cultural Capital of Pop Music in Asia’ ...