Who initiates a global flow? Japanese popular culture in Asia

Visual Communication

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 229-253

  Nakano, Yoshiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

cartoon; China; cultural literacy; globalization; Hong Kong; Japanese television drama; piracy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84997941806     PISSN: 14703572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/147035720200100207     Document Type: Article

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