Posts Tagged ‘modernity’

Compressed Modernity, the Korean Wave and Iwabuchi’s Asian Modernity

A captive of both Japanese colonial and American imperialist forces, Korea was not allowed to independently modernize within the global environment, but rather imported elements of modernity from its captors [...]

January 6, 2009 - By Muyan Jin - Arts & Culture, Features


Chinese and Japanese Dramas — Differences in social dynamism

Domestic drama expresses and focuses on the everyday lives of middle or lower classes in a certain society. Domestic drama refers to a dramatic story containing an emphasis on its characters’ intimate relationships and their responses to unfolding events in their lives [...]

March 31, 2008 - By Neinei Shirakawa - Arts & Culture