Abstract
This article seeks to enhance our understanding of an East Asian community by focusing on its cultural aspect. The specific focus of analysis is Japanese popular culture, whose elements include J-pop music, TV dramas, movies, manga (comic books), and anime (animations). This article sheds light on the progress of community building in the cultural sphere by demonstrating that Japanese popular culture has been favored by the people in the East Asian region. By so doing, it modifies our common beliefs about the characteristics of an East Asian community and our conventional expectations of the nature of an East Asian regional identity.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | lcr011 |
| Pages (from-to) | 133-160 |
| Number of pages | 28 |
| Journal | International Relations of the Asia-Pacific |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2012 Jan |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Sociology and Political Science
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance(all)
- Political Science and International Relations