Imagining the Global [electronic resource] : Transnational Media and Popular Culture Beyond East and West / Fabienne Darling-Wolf.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: a translocal approach to imagining the global -- Un-American idols: how the global/national/local intersect -- Holier-than-thou: representing the "other" and vindicating ourselves in international news -- Talking about non-no: (re)fashioning race and gender in global magazines -- Disjuncture and difference from the Banlieue to the Ganba: embracing hip-hop as a global genre -- What West is it? anime and manga according to Candy and Goldorak -- Imagining the global: transnational media and global audiences -- Lessons from a translocal approach? or, reflections on contemporary glocamalgamation -- Conclusion: getting over our "illusion d'optique".

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