The Political Economy of Affect and Emotion in East Asia Quotes

“Koreans are said therefore to have developed the unique culture of a “we” relationship, or a family-oriented we collectivism (Chung 2006).”
― Jie Yang, The Political Economy of Affect and Emotion in East Asia

“Koreans could have developed their country so quickly while at the same time, people have also wondered why they remain so unsatisfied with their country and their lives (Min et al. 2002).”
― Jie Yang, The Political Economy of Affect and Emotion in East Asia

“TV dramas function as vehicles for remodeling female subjects for the new social order—in other words, as an agent for change.”
― Jie Yang, The Political Economy of Affect and Emotion in East Asia

“Where Japanese viewers are, for the most part, inclined to cry, American ones tend to laugh. However, such dispositions are in no way immutable,”
― Jie Yang, The Political Economy of Affect and Emotion in East Asia

“Tears in Japanese TV are affective rather than emotional things.”
― Jie Yang, The Political Economy of Affect and Emotion in East Asia