Linkage and thoughts

[oyceter]

Wah. Woke up today and rushed to work for my 9:00 meeting, only to discover that... I had no 9:00 meeting.

*headdesk*

Need to check my calendar better.

Things that I've sort of been thinking about/reading online:

chi_zu complains about the Memoirs of a Geisha trailerMost of my complaints are in the comments. I liked the book when I read it, but that

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[chi_zu]

A bit random, and out of curiousity, but, is there a romance novel tradition/genre in other countires the way there is in the states? I'm trying to think of what I've been exposed to. I know that there are definitely Filipino romance novels, written in tagalog no less. Though the Filipino culture is particularly reflective of American culture as seen through a funhouse amplifier, if that makes any sense. I would consider a lot of shoujo manga to serve that purpose in Japanese culture, but I couldn't speak to solely textual novels. I don't know enough about other kinds of literature to make an observation about other forms.

[chi_zu]

Further clarification, I guess by other countries, I mean non-English speaking. I know that England has a romance, nay even chicklit tradition very similar to ours, I assume for some reason that Australia and Canada do too

[oyceter]

Oooo interesting!! Your thoughts are nifty and interesting thoughts

[chi_zu]

Well, the answer is complicated, so don't feel bad

[bravecows]

Am wandering around reading LJ posts on race; hope you don't mind my butting in.

I actually don't really understand what Malay is, my mom insists it's different from being Malaysian, but can't explain it better than that.

Malay's a race/ethnicity (as well as the language that race/ethnicity speaks). Saying you're Malaysian is like saying you're American; it conveys nothing about your race -- for example, I'm Malaysian, but I'm also Chinese.

[oyceter]

I've always wondered the same thing myself! I mean, more about sci-fi/fantasy than romance, but yeah

[chi_zu]

I know! My main exposure to chicklit-y, romance-y literature in other cultures is like I said, manga. I've seen Filipino romance novels which look basically like Harlequins but in Tagalog. I kind of assume that Taiwan and Hong Kong have at least chicklit-y type stories

[rachelmanija]

Bollywood movies are frequently called "masala movies," because they have a little bit of everything: some romance, some action, some comedy, some drama, some (lots of, actually) music. (There is also a big indie film industry that makes movies that are like any indie films anywhere, but that's nit what you asked about.) I'm not sure that they're primarily romances-- there are plenty that seem to be primarily action, or primarily comedy, or primarily family drama, but they'll usually include at least a token romance.

I don't think sf is a big genre in India. There's plenty of fantasy (mostly much more like what I'd call magic realism than high fantasy), though.