Yoga gurus on lifestyle cable channels targeting time-pressured Indian urbanites; Chinese
dating shows promoting competitive individualism; Taiwanese domestic makeover formats …

This book examines music entertainment programmes on China Central Television, China's
only national level television network, as well as on nationally-available provincial channels …

In late 1995, the drama Heaven Above (Cangtian zaishang) debuted on Chinese TV.
Featuring a villainous high-ranking government official, it was the first in a series of wildly …

Due to high audience numbers and the significant influence upon the opinions and values of
viewers, the political leadership in China attributes great importance to the impact of …

The chapter studies China's representative female wanghong (Internet celebrities) in the last
two decades. By examining their 'gender performativity'for fame and stardom on different …

Postmillennial China has witnessed a surge of TV entertainment programs that constantly
straddle the line between market demands and state mandate. Taking If You Are the One, a …

For this study, we analyzed the changing images of women characters involved in
extramarital affairs in three Chinese TV dramas—Come and Go (CG; Hubei TV & Guangxi …

This series focuses on the study of popular culture in East Asia (referring to China, Hong
Kong, Japan, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, and Taiwan) in order to meet a growing …

Women have been enjoying new forms of visibility in post-2010 Chinese entertainment
television, not just onscreen, but also in paratextual discourses about women as content …

Abstract In 1967 Guy Debord published the pamphlet-sized The Society of the Spectacle, a
book written in the form of a collection of short theses. Debord was criticized for inventing the …