War, Popular Culture, and Contents Tourism in East Asia

This introductory essay to the special edition War, Popular Culture, and Contents Tourism in East Asia presents how contents tourism, defined as 'travel behavior motivated fully or partially by narratives, characters, locations, and other creative elements of popular culture forms, including fi...

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Published in:Journal of war and culture studies 2019-01, Vol.12 (1), p.1-7
Main Author: Seaton, Philip
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Asia-Pacific War
Computer & video games
contents tourism
Entertainment
Essays
Exports
International relations
Japan
Korean War
Memories
Popular culture
South Korea
Television
Tourism
War
war memories
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Summary:This introductory essay to the special edition War, Popular Culture, and Contents Tourism in East Asia presents how contents tourism, defined as 'travel behavior motivated fully or partially by narratives, characters, locations, and other creative elements of popular culture forms, including film, television dramas, manga, anime, novels, and computer games', is an increasingly useful concept in understanding war-related tourism in East Asia. The wars of the twentieth century continue to cast a long shadow on the politics and international relations of the region. But, the region is also known for its vibrant popular culture exports. With four essays about Japan and one about South Korea, this special edition examines how representations of war in entertainment formats are triggering contents tourism to war-related sites, and what the implications of this might be for war memories, particularly among youthful fans of popular culture with no personal experience of war.
ISSN:1752-6272
1752-6280
DOI:10.1080/17526272.2018.1431856