Legitimizing Foreign Cultural Products: The Case of Asian Films in the United States

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dc.contributor.authorAhn, Mihyang
dc.date.accessioned2017-12-18T21:06:50Z
dc.date.available2017-12-18T21:06:50Z
dc.date.issued2015-05
dc.description.abstractIn this dissertation I explore the ways in which foreign cultural products have been legitimized as acceptable products in a country. I examine the history of Asian films theatrically released in the United States as a case which can show some influences on the acceptance of foreign cultural products. In my analysis, there are two main factors in the legitimization of Asian films in the United States: 1) the changing opportunity space, which includes social, economic, and cultural context of American society; 2) and the roles of gatekeepers, which are engaged to increase the accessibility, familiarity, and popularity of Asian films. The case of Asian films highlights the changing acceptance of foreign cultural products in a country and the mechanism involved in the legitimization of foreign cultural products. The history of Asian films may show common features in legitimizing foreign cultural products in a country.
dc.description.degreePh.D.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10125/50954
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherUniversity of Hawaii at Manoa
dc.relationTheses for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (University of Hawaii at Manoa). Sociology
dc.subjectForeign films
dc.subjectFilm criticism
dc.subjectAsian films
dc.titleLegitimizing Foreign Cultural Products: The Case of Asian Films in the United States
dc.typeThesis
dc.type.dcmiText
dcterms.spatialUnited States
dcterms.spatialEast Asia
dcterms.spatialSoutheast Asia

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