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Duke University Experts in Asian Popular/Mass Culture
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- Anime
- Asian-American Popular Culture
- Children's Toys and Cartoons
- China
- Fashion
- Film
- Internet
- Japan
- Library Collection
- Manga
- Martial Arts
- Media
- Politics and Culture
- Sexuality
- Television
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- Visual Art
- Women
Sally Hicks
(919) 681-8055
sally.hicks@duke.edu
- Anne Allison: chair of cultural anthropology; studies the appeal of Japanese pop culture to Americans. Author of the forthcoming book, Millennial Monsters, about Pokemon, Power Rangers, Sailor Moon and Tamagotchi toys. Current research is on the recent popularization of Japanese children's goods in the global marketplace and how trends in cuteness, character merchandise and high-tech play pals are remaking Japan's place in the world. Also has written on Japanese hostess clubs and motherhood in Japan.
Contact:
(919) 681-6257 | anne.allison@duke.edu
Stories:
Duke Professor Studies Pokemon''s Appeal - #39;Godzilla' More Than a Monster Movie
From Exotic to Home: Anthropological Fieldwork at the Millennium
- Tomiko Yoda: associate professor in Asian and African Languages and Literature, the Program in Literature and Women's Studies; researches contemporary Japanese mass culture, particularly the relations between gender construction and consumer culture. Interests include the history of anime and manga, anime fandom, fashion and lifestyle magazines and genre films.
Contact:
(919) 684 4310 | tomiko@duke.edu
Asian-American Popular Culture
- Sean Metzger: lecturer, English Department; researches Asian-American literature, film and cultural studies, modern and contemporary drama, as well as gender and sexuality. Interests include Jackie Chan, director Zhang Yimou, China's Fifth Generation of filmmakers and the popularity of "American Idol" contestant William Hung.
Contact
(919) 684-3132 | sean.metzger@duke.edu
Stories:
Duke Faculty Explore the Culture of our Time
Remembering Anna May Wong
Children's Toys and Cartoons
- Anne Allison: chair of cultural anthropology; studies the appeal of Japanese pop culture to Americans. Author of the forthcoming book, "Millennial Monsters," about Pokemon, Power Rangers, Sailor Moon and Tamagotchi toys. Current research is on the recent popularization of Japanese children's goods in the global marketplace and how trends in cuteness, character merchandise and high-tech play pals are remaking Japan's place in the world. Also has written on Japanese hostess clubs and motherhood in Japan.
Contact:
(919) 681-6257 | anne.allison@duke.edu
Stories:
Duke Professor Studies Pokemon's Appeal
'Godzilla' More Than a Monster Movie
From Exotic to Home: Anthropological Fieldwork at the Millennium
- Guo-Juin Hong: assistant professor in Asian and African Languages and Literature; an expert in films of Taiwan, Hong Kong and China as well as the history of Chinese film. Has written on 1930s Shanghai cinema and contemporary Taiwanese cinema. Interests include New Taiwanese Cinema and directors Ang Lee, Tsai Ming-Laing, Wang Tong, Hou Hsiao-hsien and Edward Yang.
Contact:
(919) 660-4396 | gjhong@duke.edu
Stories:
Duke Faculty Explore the Culture of our Time
- Ralph Litzinger: associate professor of cultural anthropology and director of the Asia/ Pacific Studies Institute; has written extensively on ethnic minority politics, nationalism and the state in China, as well as on issues of popular culture, ethnographic, feature, and documentary film. Is currently doing research and writing on environmental globalization, the relationship between grassroots activism and the media, and the popular representation of nature in China.
Contact:
(919) 681-6250 | rlitz@duke.edu
Stories:
Damming the Angry River
- Kang Liu: professor in Asian and African Languages and Literature and director of the Program in Chinese Media and Communication Studies; interests include post-revolutionary Chinese culture, cultural politics and media in China, including television and the Internet.
Contact:
(919) 684-3615 | liukang@duke.edu
Stories:
Duke Program to Focus on Chinese Media Studies
- Sean Metzger: lecturer, English Department; researches Asian-American literature, film and cultural studies, modern and contemporary drama, as well as gender and sexuality. Interests include Jackie Chan, director Zhang Yimou, China's Fifth Generation of filmmakers and the popularity of "American Idol" contestant William Hung.
Contact:
(919) 684-3132 | sean.metzger@duke.edu
Stories:
Duke Faculty Explore the Culture of our Time
Remembering Anna May Wong
- Gennifer Weisenfeld: assistant professor, art and art history; interests focus on modern and contemporary Japanese visual culture in all media, including performance art, installations, sculpture, painting, graphic and industrial design, fashion design, photography, animation and comics (manga), particularly the relationship between high art and popular culture. Has written on the 1920s avant-garde Japanese art group Mavo and its influence on Japanese visual, commercial and political culture.
Contact:
(919) 684-6051 | gweisen@duke.edu
- Tomiko Yoda: associate professor in Asian and African Languages and Literature, the Program in Literature and Women's Studies; researches contemporary Japanese mass culture, particularly the relations between gender construction and consumer culture. Interests include the history of anime and manga, anime fandom, fashion and lifestyle magazines, and genre films.
Contact:
(919) 684 4310 | tomiko@duke.edu
- Leo Ching: chair of Asian and African Languages and Literature; faculty adviser to the Duke anime club. Interests include Japanese film, martial arts, Bruce Lee, intra-Asian cultural influences (i.e. the popularity of Korean films and soap operas in Japan) and cultural flows between Asia and the United States as they are explored in literature and film.
Contact:
(919) 684-5240 | lching@duke.edu
Stories:
Hip Hop Global Flows
'Asianization' of Hollywood a Two-Way Street
- Guo-Juin Hong: assistant professor in Asian and African Languages and Literature; an expert in films of Taiwan, Hong Kong and China as well as the history of Chinese film. Has written on 1930s Shanghai cinema and contemporary Taiwanese cinema. Interests include New Taiwanese Cinema and directors Ang Lee, Tsai Ming-Laing, Wang Tong, Hou Hsiao-hsien and Edward Yang.
Contact:
(919) 660-4396 | guojuin.hong@duke.edu
Stories:
Duke Faculty Explore the Culture of our Time
- Ralph Litzinger: associate professor of cultural anthropology and director of the Asia/ Pacific Studies Institute. Has written extensively on ethnic minority politics, nationalism, and the state in China, as well as on issues of popular culture, ethnographic, feature, and documentary film. Is currently doing research and writing on environmental globalization, the relationship between grassroots activism and the media, and the popular representation of nature in China.
Contact:
(919) 681-6250 | rlitz@duke.edu
Stories:
Damming the Angry River
- Sean Metzger: lecturer, English Department; researches Asian-American literature, film and cultural studies, modern and contemporary drama, as well as gender and sexuality. Interests include Jackie Chan, director Zhang Yimou, China's Fifth Generation of filmmakers and the popularity of "American Idol" contestant William Hung.
Contact:
(919) 684-3132 | sean.metzger@duke.edu
Stories:
Duke Faculty Explore the Culture of our Time
Remembering Anna May Wong
- Tomiko Yoda: associate professor in Asian and African Languages and Literature, the Program in Literature and Women's Studies; researches contemporary Japanese mass culture, particularly the relations between gender construction and consumer culture. Interests include the history of anime and manga, anime fandom, fashion and lifestyle magazines and genre films.
Contact:
(919) 684 4310 | tomiko@duke.edu
- Kang Liu: professor in Asian and African Languages and Literature and director of the Program in Chinese Media and Communication Studies; interests include post-revolutionary Chinese culture, cultural politics and media in China, such as television and the Internet.
Contact:
(919) 684-3615 | liukang@duke.edu
Stories:
Duke Program to Focus on Chinese Media Studies
- Anne Allison: chair of cultural anthropology; studies the appeal of Japanese pop culture to Americans. Author of the forthcoming book, "Millennial Monsters," about Pokemon, Power Rangers, Sailor Moon and Tamagotchi toys. Current research is on the recent popularization of Japanese children's goods in the global marketplace and how trends in cuteness, character merchandise and high-tech play pals are remaking Japan's place in the world. Also has written on Japanese hostess clubs and motherhood in Japan.
Contact:
(919) 681-6257 | anne.allison@duke.edu
Stories:
Duke Professor Studies Pokemon's Appeal
'Godzilla' More Than a Monster Movie
From Exotic to Home: Anthropological Fieldwork at the Millennium
- Leo Ching: chair of Asian and African Languages and Literature; faculty adviser to the Duke anime club. Interests include Japanese film, martial arts, Bruce Lee, intra-Asian cultural influences (i.e. the popularity of Korean films and soap operas in Japan) and cultural flows between Asia and the United States as they are explored in literature and film.
Contact:
(919) 684-5240 | lching@duke.edu
Stories:
Hip Hop Global Flows
'Asianization' of Hollywood a Two-Way Street
- Gennifer Weisenfeld: assistant professor, art and art history; interests focus on modern and contemporary Japanese visual culture in all media, including performance art, installations, sculpture, painting, graphic and industrial design, fashion design, photography, animation and comics (manga), particularly the relationship between high art and popular culture. Has written on the 1920s avant-garde Japanese art group Mavo and its influence on Japanese visual, commercial and political culture.
Contact:
(919) 684-6051 | gweisen@duke.edu
- Tomiko Yoda: associate professor in Asian and African Languages and Literature, the Program in Literature and Women's Studies; researches contemporary Japanese mass culture, particularly the relations between gender construction and consumer culture. Interests include the history of anime and manga, anime fandom, fashion and lifestyle magazines and genre films.
Contact:
(919) 684 4310 | tomiko@duke.edu
- Kristina Troost: East Asian collection librarian (Japanese.) The Duke University East Asian collection contains one of the largest collections of Asian popular culture in the Southeast; some of the Chinese holdings are unique in North America. The Chinese collection includes a substantial newspaper collection, fashion magazines, films and a one-of-a-kind collection of Chinese soap operas. The Japanese collection includes manga, anime, women's magazines, weekly comics and advertising. Visitors to the reading room also will find newspapers in East Asian languages and a reference collection for East Asian studies in the humanities and social sciences. Adjacent stacks house about 43,000 volumes in Japanese, 15,000 in Chinese and a small but growing number of books in Korean (2,000).
Contact:
(919) 660-5844 | kristina.troost@duke.edu - Zhaohui Xue: Chinese studies librarian.
Contact:
zhaohui.xue@duke.edu
- Gennifer Weisenfeld: assistant professor, art and art history; interests focus on modern and contemporary Japanese visual culture in all media, including performance art, installations, sculpture, painting, graphic and industrial design, fashion design, photography, animation and comics (manga), particularly the relationship between high art and popular culture. Has written on the 1920s avant-garde Japanese art group Mavo and its influence on Japanese visual, commercial and political culture.
Contact:
(919) 684-6051 | gweisen@duke.edu
- Tomiko Yoda: associate professor in Asian and African Languages and Literature, the Program in Literature and Women's Studies; researches contemporary Japanese mass culture, particularly the relations between gender construction and consumer culture. Interests include the history of anime and manga, anime fandom, fashion and lifestyle magazines and genre films.
Contact:
(919) 684 4310 | tomiko@duke.edu
- Leo Ching: chair of Asian and African Languages and Literature; faculty adviser to the Duke Anime Club. Interests include Japanese film, martial arts, Bruce Lee, intra-Asian cultural influences (i.e. the popularity of Korean films and soap operas in Japan) and cultural flows between Asia and the United States as they are explored in literature and film.
Contact:
(919) 684-5240 | lching@duke.edu
Stories:
Hip Hop Global Flows
'Asianization' of Hollywood a Two-Way Street
- Kang Liu: professor in Asian and African Languages and Literature and director of the Program in Chinese Media and Communication Studies; interests include post-revolutionary Chinese culture, cultural politics and media in China, such as television and the Internet.
Contact:
(919) 684-3615 | liukang@duke.edu
- Tomiko Yoda: associate professor in Asian and African Languages and Literature, the Program in Literature and Women's Studies; researches contemporary Japanese mass culture, particularly the relations between gender construction and consumer culture. Interests include the history of anime and manga, anime fandom, fashion and lifestyle magazines and genre films.
Contact:
(919) 684 4310 | tomiko@duke.edu
Stories:
Duke Program to Focus on Chinese Media Studies
- Ralph Litzinger: associate professor of cultural anthropology and director of the Asia/ Pacific Studies Institute. Has written extensively on ethnic minority politics, nationalism, and the state in China, as well as on issues of popular culture, ethnographic, feature, and documentary film. Is currently doing research and writing on environmental globalization, the relationship between grassroots activism and the media, and the popular representation of nature in China.
Contact:
(919) 681-6250 | rlitz@duke.edu
Stories:
Damming the Angry River
- Kang Liu: professor in Asian and African Languages and Literature and director of the Program in Chinese Media and Communication Studies; interests include post-revolutionary Chinese culture, cultural politics and media in China, such as television and the Internet.
Contact:
(919) 684-3615 | liukang@duke.edu
- Sean Metzger: lecturer, in the English Department; researches Asian-American literature, film and cultural studies, modern and contemporary drama, as well as gender and sexuality. Interests include Jackie Chan, director Zhang Yimou, China's Fifth Generation of filmmakers and the popularity of "American Idol" contestant William Hung.
Contact:
(919) 684-3132 | sean.metzger@duke.edu
Stories:
Duke Faculty Explore the Culture of our Time
Remembering Anna May Wong
- Gennifer Weisenfeld: assistant professor, art and art history; interests focus on modern and contemporary Japanese visual culture in all media, including performance art, installations, sculpture, painting, graphic and industrial design, fashion design, photography, animation and comics (manga), particularly the relationship between high art and popular culture. Has written on the 1920s avant-garde Japanese art group Mavo and its influence on Japanese visual, commercial and political culture.
Contact:
(919) 684-6051 | gweisen@duke.edu
- Anne Allison: chair of cultural anthropology; studies the appeal of Japanese pop culture to Americans. Author of the forthcoming book, "Millennial Monsters," about Pokemon, Power Rangers, Sailor Moon and Tamagotchi toys. Current research is on the recent popularization of Japanese children's goods in the global marketplace and how trends in cuteness, character merchandise and high-tech play pals are remaking Japan's place in the world. Also has written on Japanese hostess clubs and motherhood in Japan.
Contact:
(919) 681-6257 | anne.allison@duke.edu
Stories:
Duke Professor Studies Pokemon's Appeal
'Godzilla' More Than a Monster Movie
From Exotic to Home: Anthropological Fieldwork at the Millennium
- Sean Metzger: lecturer, English Department; researches Asian-American literature, film and cultural studies, modern and contemporary drama, as well as gender and sexuality. Interests include Jackie Chan, director Zhang Yimou, China's Fifth Generation of filmmakers and the popularity of "American Idol" contestant William Hung.
Contact:
(919) 684-3132 | sean.metzger@duke.edu
Stories:
Duke Faculty Explore the Culture of our Time
Remembering Anna May Wong
- Kang Liu: professor in Asian and African Languages and Literature and director of the Program in Chinese Media and Communication Studies; interests include post-revolutionary Chinese culture, cultural politics and media in China, such as television and the Internet.
Contact:
(919) 684-3615 | liukang@duke.edu
Stories:
Duke Program to Focus on Chinese Media Studies
- Sean Metzger: lecturer, English Department; researches Asian-American literature, film and cultural studies, modern and contemporary drama, as well as gender and sexuality. Interests include Jackie Chan, director Zhang Yimou, China's Fifth Generation of filmmakers and the popularity of "American Idol" contestant William Hung.
Contact:
(919) 684-3132 | sean.metzger@duke.edu
Stories:
Duke Faculty Explore the Culture of our Time
Remembering Anna May Wong
- Gennifer Weisenfeld: assistant professor, art and art history; interests focus on modern and contemporary Japanese visual culture in all media, including performance art, installations, sculpture, painting, graphic and industrial design, fashion design, photography, animation and comics (manga), particularly the relationship between high art and popular culture. Has written on the 1920s avant-garde Japanese art group Mavo and its influence on Japanese visual, commercial and political culture.
Contact:
(919) 684-6051 | gweisen@duke.edu
- Anne Allison: chair of cultural anthropology; studies the appeal of Japanese pop culture to Americans. Author of the forthcoming book, "Millennial Monsters," about Pokemon, Power Rangers, Sailor Moon and Tamagotchi toys. Current research is on the recent popularization of Japanese children's goods in the global marketplace and how trends in cuteness, character merchandise and high-tech play pals are remaking Japan's place in the world. Also has written on Japanese hostess clubs and motherhood in Japan.
Contact:
(919) 681-6257 | anne.allison@duke.edu
Stories:
Duke Professor Studies Pokemon's Appeal
'Godzilla' More Than a Monster Movie
From Exotic to Home: Anthropological Fieldwork at the Millennium
- Gennifer Weisenfeld: assistant professor, art and art history; interests focus on modern and contemporary Japanese visual culture in all media, including performance art, installations, sculpture, painting, graphic and industrial design, fashion design, photography, animation and comics (manga), particularly the relationship between high art and popular culture. Has written on the 1920s avant-garde Japanese art group Mavo and its influence on Japanese visual, commercial and political culture.
Contact:
(919) 684-6051 | gweisen@duke.edu
- Tomiko Yoda: associate professor in Asian and African Languages and Literature, the Program in Literature and Women's Studies; researches contemporary Japanese mass culture, particularly the relations between gender construction and consumer culture. Interests include the history of anime and manga, anime fandom, fashion and lifestyle magazines and genre films.
Contact:
(919) 684 4310 | tomiko@duke.edu
Stories:
Duke Program to Focus on Chinese Media Studies
