Singaporean Japanese rock fans and the quest for authenticity : movements in space, self, and community

• Main Author: Quek, Rebecca
• Other Authors: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Culture
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/55779
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Prior to the Korean wave, Japanese pop culture was, and still is, a huge influence globally. However, the Japanese entertainment industry, though it has recently been making efforts to promote the exportation of their pop culture, has been known to be extremely insular and distant. As such, overseas...