This book examines how the young in Northeast Asia engage with the political, especially in terms of the production, reformulation, or contestation of their national identities.
Introduction PART 1: Youth Culture and National Identity in the Digital Era 1. Heroes and Villains of The Word of Honor: Co-optation of popular culture in promotion of "core values" and patriotism in the PRC 2. Soft Power, Globalization, and the Otaku: Influencing Japanese Nationalism Within and Abroad 3. "Battle for Peace" in a "cosmopolitan China": building the sense of global reunion, cross-boundaries connection and negotiation of national cultural identity in the web TV show Street Dance of China Season 4 4. The Sense of Place: Chinese K-pop Fan’s Nationalist Sentiment Performance on Social Media. 5. Youth Culture in the Hermit Kingdom - National Propaganda, Proto-Digitalization and the Fight Against Dangerous Foreign Influences PART 2: Political Activism, Civic Engagement and National Identity 6. A multi-level analysis of youth climate activism in South Korea 7. Young political activists in the Xi Jinping era: The Jasic struggle and the prospects for social mobilization in China 8. Moderating Hate on the Internet in Japan: The Anonymous Campaign Against Japanese Right-Wing Hate Speech 9. Caricatures, corruption, and antisocial forces: the representation and enactment of youth and politics in Japanese video games 10. ‘The PRC words have infiltrated our language!’: Taiwanese national identity and linguistic purism
Vanessa Frangville is Senior Lecturer and Chair Holder in China Studies at the Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium.
Thierry Kellner
is Lecturer in the Department of Political Science at the Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium.
Frederik Ponjaert
is Researcher at the Institute for European Studies at Université libre de Bruxelles, Belguim and Associated Lecturer in Comparative Regionalism at SciencesPo (IEP-Paris), France.