Lorraine Lim - Routledge Handbook of Cultural and Creative Industries in Asia

Routledge Handbook of Cultural and Creative Industries in Asia

Recent years have witnessed the remarkable development of the cultural and creative industries (CCIs) in Asia, from the global popularity of the Japanese games and anime industries, to Koreas film and pop music successes. While CCIs in these Asian cultural powerhouses aspire to become key players in the global cultural economy, Southeast Asian countries such as Malaysia and Thailand are eager to make a strong mark in the regions cultural landscape.

As the first handbook on CCIs in Asia, this book provides readers with a contextualized understanding of the conditions and operation of Asian CCIs. Both internationalizing and de-Westernizing our knowledge of CCIs, it offers a comprehensive contribution to the field from academics, practitioners, and activists alike. Covering 12 different societies in Asia from Japan and China to Thailand, Indonesia, and India, the themes include:

Presenting a detailed set of case studies, this book will be an essential companion for researchers and students in the field of cultural policy, cultural and creative industries, media and cultural studies, and Asian studies in general.

Lorraine Lim was Lecturer in Arts Management at Birkbeck, University of London, UK. She co-edited Cultural Policies in East Asia (2014) and co-wrote a report for UNESCO on the impact of digitalization on culture in East Asia (2015).

Hye-Kyung Lee is Senior Lecturer at the Department of Culture, Media and Creative Industries at Kings College London, UK. Her recent publications include Cultural Policy in South Korea (2018) and Asian Cultural Flows (2018).

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A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

Names: Lim, Lorraine, 1980- editor. | Lee, Hye-Kyung, 1968- editor.

Title: Routledge handbook of cultural and creative in Asia / edited by Lorraine Lim and Hye-Kyung Lee.

Description: New York : Routledge, 2019. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2018034978 | ISBN 9781138959927 (hardback) | ISBN 9781315660509 (ebook) | ISBN 9781317337270 (epub) | ISBN 9781317337263 (mobipocket encrypted)

Subjects: LCSH: Cultural industriesAsia.

Classification: LCC HD9999.C9473 A837 2019 | DDC 338.4095dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018034978

ISBN: 978-1-138-95992-7 (hbk)

ISBN: 978-1-315-66050-9 (ebk)

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Hye-Kyung Lee

PART I
State policies

Thomas Barker and Lee Yuen Beng

Alongkorn Parivudhiphongs

Christian Morgner

Can-Seng Ooi and Roberta Comunian

Pei-Ling Liao and Caroline Chapain

Ken Wang

Kristina Karvelyte

PART II
Producers and production

Chairin An

Hsiao-Ling Chung

Bjarke Liboriussen, Joaquin Lopez-Mugica, and Andrew White

Nobuko Kawashima

Justin OConnor and Xin Gu

Liew Kai Khiun and Yao Yiming

Brian Yecies and Aegyung Shim

PART III
Consumption and circulation

Yeran Kim

Ruth Y. Y. Hung and Q. S. Tong

Chi Thong Ma and Catherine Earl

Nissim Otmazgin

Silvia Fok

PART IV
Cultural activism, diversity, and independent culture

Viriya Sawangchot

Novi Kurnia

Dina Dellyana and Sonny Rustiadi

Sonny Rustiadi, D. A. E. Savitri Sastrawan, and Salfitrie Roos Maryunani

Hye-Kyung Lee and Lorraine Lim

PART V
Heritage and the cultural market

Sowparnika Balaswaminathan and Thomas Evan Levy

Frances Rudgard and Phloeun Prim

Jason Vitorillo and Maria Sharon Mapa Arriola

This book project was conceived by the late Lorraine Lim. Although both of us were interested in putting together a book on Asian cultural industries and policy, it was Lorraine who had the courage to transform such an idea into a concrete project and invited me as second editor. From drafting a book proposal, contacting authors to commissioning chapters, she worked hard with her usual acumen, efficiency, and cheerful attitude. Even during the difficult period when she was undergoing cancer treatments, she was reviewing chapters, insisting that spending some time on research would help her recovery. Sadly, she passed away in September 2017 at the age of only 37. It was early December 2017 when I resumed the project, asking all authors to send me their latest version of the chapters. This was followed by an intense process of review and revision as well as commissioning two new chapters. All authors were helpful and responsive and some of them even offered me editorial help. I appreciate not only their contributions but also their kind words and support. Georgina Bishop at Routledge has provided me with a lot of understanding throughout the process. Simone Wesner deserves special thanks for her friendship and encouragement, which I relied upon greatly. I am also grateful for Nobuko Kawashimas generous support and advice.

This handbook is dedicated to Lorraine Lim, who was a pioneer of research in Asian cultural policy and industries, and an inspiring person who was full of warmth, passion, and creative ideas.

Chairin An is Assistant Professor of the Department of Cultural Content at Kyungnam University, South Korea. Her research interests are in creative labor, the cultural/creative production process, and organizational strategies for creative workers. She earned her PhD (in Creative Industries) from the University of Warwick. She is a former television program producer (YTN Media, Seoul) and she recently published