Nostalgia for 'Asian' Traditions and Energy: Encounters with Chinese and Koreans in Japanese TV Drama

Kirsch, Griseldis; Gössmann, Hilaria

Nostalgia for 'Asian' Traditions and Energy: Encounters with Chinese and Koreans in Japanese TV Drama

Kirsch, Griseldis; Gössmann, Hilaria

Authors

DR Griseldis Kirsch gk10@soas.ac.uk
Reader in in Contemp Japanese Cult

Hilaria Gössmann

Citation

Kirsch, G., & Gössmann, H. (2014). Nostalgia for 'Asian' Traditions and Energy: Encounters with Chinese and Koreans in Japanese TV Drama. [Global Ethnographic. Vol. 2]. London, UK

Digital Artefact Type	Blog Post
Publication Date	Nov 15, 2014
Deposit Date	Oct 9, 2007
Publicly Available Date	Jan 22, 2025
Book Title	Japan's Possible Futures
Keywords	Japan, China, Korea, Asia, media, Japanese TV drama, dorama, Asia boom
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