Bridges discussions of traditional aesthetics with contemporary neuroaesthetics and evolutionary psychology and analyzes texts from many cultural and national traditions (including Gabriel Garcaia Maarquez, Kazuo Ishiguro, Arundhati Roy, Jeanette Winterson…

Examines contemporary media use within Asia, where over half of the world’s population resides. The book addresses media use and practices by looking at the transnational exchanges of ideas, narratives…