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1. Popular Culture and the Formation of Hong Kong Identity

   By Karin Ling-fung Chau, Heung Wah Wong, Hoi-yan Yau

   Series: Routledge Culture, Society, Business in East Asia Series

   This book charts the development of Hong Kong identity from the Second World War to the present. It argues that understanding popular culture is key to understanding how Hong Kong identity has evolved, and it discusses how, in the post-war period, popular culture has gone through various phases...

   To Be Published April 29th 2014 by Routledge
2. Japanese Consumer Creativity

   User Innovations, Role Playing and Consumer Communities

   Edited by Heung-Wah Wong, Miki Sugiura

   Series: Routledge Culture, Society, Business in East Asia Series

   This book explores how the process of adapting global products for local markets, a process in which consumers are increasingly involved, has become a rich source of product innovation. It examines a range of concepts, including product domestication and localisation, collaborative branding,...

   To Be Published March 30th 2014 by Routledge
3. The Japanese Adult Video Industry

   By Heung-Wah Wong, Hoi-yan Yau

   Series: Routledge Culture, Society, Business in East Asia Series

   Unlike many other books on pornography which concentrate on arguments about restricting or not restricting pornography, this book focuses on the production of adult videos. It outlines and examines the industrial dynamics of the industry, its strategies, technological capabilities and...

   To Be Published March 30th 2014 by Routledge
4. Japanese Adult Videos in Taiwan

   By Heung-Wah Wong, Hoi-yan Yau

   This book explores the debate between those who argue that globalisation is leading to worldwide cultural homogeneity, with American cultural good predominating, and those who argue that cultural goods are always adapted and contextualised in the particular setting in which they are used. Based on...

   To Be Published November 29th 2013 by Routledge
5. Dismantling the East-West Dichotomy

   Essays in Honour of Jan van Bremen

   Edited by Joy Hendry, Heung Wah Wong

   Series: Japan Anthropology Workshop Series

   It has been customary in the appraisal of the different approaches to the study of Japan anthropology to invoke an East-West dichotomy positing hegemonic ‘Western’ systems of thought against a more authentic ‘Eastern’ alternative. Top scholars in the field of Japan anthropology examine, challenge...

   Published May 11th 2009 by Routledge