PG SEMINAR 2021: KEYWORDS IN RETHINKING ASIAN MEDIA AND CINEMA CULTURE

Required Readings: Ahmed, S. (2004). ‘Introduction: Feel Your Way ’ . The Cultural Politics of Emotion . Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press,pp.1-19 [click HERE for the whole book; please only read the intro] NOTE: I think this one shall be the focus. Berlant, L., (2006). ‘Cruel Optimism’. Differences: A Journal of Feminist Cultural Studies , 17(3), pp.20–36.[click HERE ]

Homework Viewing TV drama adaptations of 花より男子 /Boys over Flower                  Different versions across Asia are warmly encouraged                           Week 3 ★ Oct 19 th       Asian Media Landscape II (Xinyi) Required Reading : Lamarre, Thomas. (2015) “Regional Tv: Affective Media Geographies.” Asiascape: Digital Asia 2. January: 93–126. [CLICK HERE ] Jie, Yang. (2014). ‘Introduction: The politics of affect and emotion: imagination, potentiality and anticipation in East Asia’. In Yang, J., The political economy of affect and emotion in East Asia J. Yang, ed., Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. Pp3-28. [CLICH HERE ]