Book review

摘要

In her fiercely imaginative approach to the state of transnational media and its global audiences, Fabienne Darling-Wolfs book Imagining the Global employs a three-way comparison of France, Japan, and the United States to analyze culture consumption and essentialized myths. Each is chosen specifically for her attempt to-as the title suggests-move beyond dichotomized conceptualizations of East and West, or the United States and "the rest." Via a series of five case studies of popular globally distributed media products, Darling-Wolf digs deeply into how transnational media are produced and received by consumers at "home" and around the world.