Overview
- Explores changes and challenges to Asian family structures in text and film
- Examines Asian text and film beyond traditional Occidental hegemonic perspectives
- Provides key analysis of East Asian culture from top scholars across the globe
Part of the book series: Asia-Pacific and Literature in English (APLE)
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Keywords
- Asian Diaspora
- Asian Studies
- Children’s Literature
- Cultural Studies
- Education
- Family
- Film
- Gender
- Literature
- Media Studies
- Multiculturalism
- Queer Theory
- Social Change
- Social Diversity
- Television
- Tradition
- Transgender
- Trauma
- Young Adult Fiction
About this book
This book offers a key analysis of the changing perceptions of family in East Asian societies and the dynamic metamorphosis of “traditional” family units through the twentieth century and into the new millennium. The book focuses on investigations of the Asian family as it is represented in literature, film, and other visual media emerging from within China, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan, and on contestations of the power hegemonies and moral codes that underpin such representations, while also assessing Western and global influences on the Asian family. Individually and collectively, these essays examine traditions and transformations in the evolving conception of family itself and bring together a range of scholars from within and beyond the region to reflect upon the social and cultural mores represented in these texts, the issues that concern Asian families, and projections for future families in their own societies and in a globalized world. Through the written text and the lens of the camera, what directions has the understanding of family in an Asian context taken in the twenty-first century? How have the multiple platforms of media represented, encouraged, or resisted transitions during this time? Amid broader and mutating referential frameworks and cross-cultural influences, is the traditional concept of the “nuclear family” still relevant in the twenty-first century? This book lends further prominence to the diverse literary and cinematic production within East Asia and the eclectic range of media used to represent these ideas. It will be essential reading for scholars of literature, film studies, and Asian studies, and for those with an interest in the cultural and sociological implications of the changing definitions and parameters of the family unit.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Bernard Wilson is a Professor (adjunct) at the Department of English Language and Cultures, Faculty of Letters, Gakushuin University, Tokyo.
Sharifah Aishah Osman is Senior Lecturer at the Department of English, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Asian Family in Literature and Film
Book Subtitle: Changing Perceptions in a New Age-East Asia, Volume I
Editors: Bernard Wilson, Sharifah Aishah Osman
Series Title: Asia-Pacific and Literature in English
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2024
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-97-2499-4Due: 21 July 2024
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-97-2502-1Due: 21 July 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-981-97-2500-7Due: 21 July 2024
Series ISSN: 2524-7638
Series E-ISSN: 2524-7646
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXII, 527
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 45 illustrations in colour