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New Kings of the World: Dispatches from Bollywood, Dizi, and K-Pop

by Fatima Bhutto
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New Kings of the World: Dispatches from Bollywood, Dizi, and K-Pop
New Kings of the World: Dispatches from Bollywood, Dizi, and K-Pop

Global pop culture dissected—beyond Western dominance.

If cultural currents fascinate you, "New Kings of the World" by Fatima Bhutto offers a captivating journey into the rising phenomena of Bollywood, Turkish dizi, and K-Pop. Bhutto's exploration might just redefine your understanding of global influence, revealing how these industries have captivated hearts worldwide and are reshaping the cultural conversation. It's an eye-opener on the shift in entertainment power dynamics, something not to be missed if you're keen on understanding the profound impacts of media globalization.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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by Fatima Bhutto
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ISBN: 9781733623704
Authors: Fatima Bhutto
Publisher: Columbia Global Reports
Date of Publication: 2019-09-24
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: History, Art, Creative Nonfiction, Music, Sociology
Related Topics: History, Essays, Pop Culture, Art
Goodreads rating: 3.55
(rated by 426 readers)

Description

There is a vast cultural movement emerging from beyond the Western world. Truly global in its range and allure, it is the biggest challenge yet to Hollywood, McDonald’s, and blue jeans. This is a book about these new arbiters of mass culture arising from the East―India’s Bollywood films, Turkish soap opera, or dizi, and South Korean pop music. Carefully packaging not always secular modernity with traditional values in urbanized settings, they have created a new global pop culture that can be easily consumed, especially by the many millions coming late to the modern world and still negotiating its overwhelming challenges. Acclaimed author Fatima Bhutto profiles Shah Rukh Khan, by many measures the most popular movie star in the world; goes behind the scenes of Magnificent Century, Turkey’s biggest TV show, watched by upwards of 200 million people across 43 countries; and travels to South Korea to see how K-Pop started it all, and how “Gangnam Style” became the first YouTube video with one billion views.
 

Global pop culture dissected—beyond Western dominance.

If cultural currents fascinate you, "New Kings of the World" by Fatima Bhutto offers a captivating journey into the rising phenomena of Bollywood, Turkish dizi, and K-Pop. Bhutto's exploration might just redefine your understanding of global influence, revealing how these industries have captivated hearts worldwide and are reshaping the cultural conversation. It's an eye-opener on the shift in entertainment power dynamics, something not to be missed if you're keen on understanding the profound impacts of media globalization.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.