Tabla de Contenidos: “…Conté: Introduction : cultural globalization and Asian media connections I Encoding Japanese (post-)trendy dramas 1 The representation of femininity in Japanese television dramas of the 1990s 2 Empowering love : the intertextual author of Ren'ai Dorama 3 Producing (post-)trendy Japanese TV dramas II Translocal readings in East/Southeast Asia 4 Ganbaru and its transcultural audience : imaginary and reality of Japanese TV dramas in Hong Kong 5 The desired form : Japanese idol dramas in Taiwan 6 Traveling with Japanese TV dramas : cross-cultural orientation and flowing identification of contemporary Taiwanese youth 7 Defining Asian femininity : Chinese viewers of Japanese TV dramas in Singapore 8 Popular culture and youth consumption : modernity, identity and social transformation III VCD : Asian transnational cultural technology 9 Chinese re-makings of pirated VCDs of Japanese TV dramas 10 VCD as programmatic technology : Japanese television drama in Hong Kong VI Korean negotiations with Japan 11 Cultural contact with Japanese TV dramas : modes of reception and narrative transparency 12 Korean American youths' consumption of Korean and Japanese TV dramas and its implications…”