“What’s big about the big film?”: “De-westernizing” the blockbuster in Korea and China

Movie Blockbusters

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 217-229

  Berry, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84920759748     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315012919     Document Type: Chapter

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