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Reorienting Global Communication
Indian and Chinese Media Beyond Borders
Edited by Michael Curtin and Hemant Shah
“Meets an urgent need in the fields of media globaliza-
tion and international cultural studies by providing an
in-depth examination of the Indian and Chinese media
industries and the changing concepts of ‘nation’ and
‘home’ in an increasingly globalized world.”—Shujen
Wang, author of Framing Piracy: Globalization and
Film Distribution in Greater China
328 pp. 6 x 9. 9 B & W photos, 7 tables. 2010.
1 *Cloth 978-0-252-03501-2. $75.00. $52.50
2 Paper 978-0-252-07690-9. $30.00. $21.00
China Forever
The Shaw Brothers and Diasporic Cinema
Edited by Poshek Fu
“An impressive, in-depth inquiry into the historical mu-
tations, cultural innovations, and political implications
of the rise and development of the Shaw Brothers’ movie
empire.”—David Der-wei Wang, author of The Monster
That Is History: History, Violence, and Fictional Writing
in Twentieth-Century China
280 pp. 6 x 9. 12 B & W photos. 2008.
3 *Cloth 978-0-252-03273-8. $60.00. $42.00
4 Paper 978-0-252-07500-1. $25.00. $17.50
Gandhi Meets Primetime
Globalization and Nationalism in Indian
Television
Shanti Kumar
“By including a consideration of how original visions
of the nation by Gandhi and Nehru played out in
public policy regarding television’s role in national
development, Kumar has illuminated the complex and
sometimes contradictory views of Indian politicians
and intellectuals.—Communication Research Trends
256 pp. 6 x 9. 12 B & W photos. 2006.
5 *Cloth 978-0-252-03001-7. $45.00. $31.50
6 Paper 978-0-252-07244-4. $25.00. $17.50
Chinese Face/Off
The Transnational Popular Culture of Hong Kong
Kwai-Cheung Lo
“By revealing a temporal, porous, and fluid Chineseness
in Hong Kong, Lo adds a critical perspective on identity
consciousness in this globalizing world.”—Choice
296 pp. 6 x 9. 1 table. 2005.
7 *Cloth 978-0-252-02978-3. $45.00. $31.50
8 Paper 978-0-252-07228-4. $20.00. $14.00
University of Illinois Press
Echoes of Chongqing
Women in Wartime China
Danke Li
This collection of annotated oral histories records the
personal stories of twenty Chinese women who lived in
the wartime capital of Chongqing during China’s War
of Resistance against Japan during World War II.
232 pp. 6 x 9. 19 B & W photos, 1 map, 1 table. 2010.
9 *Cloth 978-0-252-03489-3. $70.00. $49.00
10 Paper 978-0-252-07674-9. $25.00. $17.50
Women’s Movements in Twentieth-
Century Taiwan
Doris T. Chang
“A compelling, significant contribution . . . this book
should be the standard treatment of women’s move-
ments in Taiwan for years. Nothing else matches
Chang’s comprehensiveness.”—Barbara E. Reed,
coauthor of Culture and Customs of Taiwan
248 pp. 6 x 9. 1 line drawing. 2009.
11 Cloth 978-0-252-03395-7. $45.00. $31.50
Lives in Chinese Music
Edited by Helen Rees
“Provides a much-needed and nuanced understanding
of how music is produced on the ground and how atten-
tion to this kind of music production enriches Chinese
music historiography.”—Frederick Lau, author of Mu-
sic in China: Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture
232 pp. 6 x 9. 15 B & W photos, 2 line drawings, 1 table. 2009.
12 Cloth 978-0-252-03379-7. $45.00. $31.50
Chinese Street Opera in Singapore
Tong Soon Lee
“Subtly highlights the nuances of professional vs.
amateur performance, the contributions of different dia-
lect groups, and the tie-in by the 1990s with officially
promoted cultural nationalism and tourism.”
—Helen Rees, author of Echoes of History: Naxi Music
in Modern China
232 pp. 6 x 9. 2 line drawings, 7 tables. 2009.
13 Cloth 978-0-252-03246-2. $40.00. $28.00
Available Fall 2010
Japanese Foodways, Past and
Present
Edited by Eric C. Rath and Stephanie
Assmann
“This groundbreaking collection of essays will be a
boon to specialists, an inspiration to students, and a de-
light to anyone interested in Japanese food.”—Samuel
Hideo Yamashita, author of Leaves from an Autumn of
Emergencies: Selections from the Wartime Diaries of
Ordinary Japanese
280 pp. 6.125 x 9.25. 13 B & W photos, 3 tables. 2010.
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Songs for the Spirits
Music and Mediums in Modern Vietnam
Barley Norton
“The book is comprehensive in its analysis of cultural
practices such as len dong, tracing the history of rituals,
music and religion in Vietnam back to the early 20th
century. . . . A fascinating multimedia experience.”
—Songlines
280 pp. 6 x 9. 10 B & W photos, 2 line drawings, 7 tables. 2009.
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Wanted Cultured Ladies Only!
Female Stardom and Cinema in India,1930s-1950s
Neepa Majumdar
“This enjoyable study is the only work of its kind on fe-
male stardom and Indian cinema. Majumdar examines
a crucial turning point in Indian film history with the
decline of the studio system, the rise of the star, and the
coming of playback singing.”—Rachel Dwyer, author
of Filming the Gods: Religion and Indian Cinema
272 pp. 6 x 9. 26 B & W photos. 2009.
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Available Fall 2010
Butoh
Metamorphic Dance and Global Alchemy
Sondra Fraleigh
Chronicles the growth of this provocative art form from
its mid-century founding under a sign of darkness to
its assimilation in the twenty-first century as a pungent
performance medium with philosophical and political
implications.
264 pp. 6 x 9. 32 B & W photos, 1 table. 2010.
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Exporting Japan
Politics of Emigration to Latin America
Toake Endoh
Examines the domestic origins of the Japanese
government’s policies to promote the emigration of
approximately three hundred thousand native Japanese
citizens to Latin America between the 1890s and the
1960s.
280 pp. 6 x 9. 4 line drawings, 3 maps, 15 tables. 2009.
21 Cloth 978-0-252-03402-2. $50.00. $35.00
Hong Kong Movers and Stayers
Narratives of Family Migration
Janet W. Salaff, Siu-lun Wong, and Arent
Greve
A look at the forces behind Hong Kong families’ mi-
gration and settlement during the thirteen years before
Hong Kong was returned to China in 1997—and the
return of nearly half of those within several years of
leaving.
272 pp. 6 x 9. 1 table. 2010.
22 *Cloth 978-0-252-03518-0. $80.00. $56.00
23 Paper 978-0-252-07704-3. $30.00. $21.00
Studies of World Migrations
Terror in Minnie Vautrin’s Nanjing
Diaries and Correspondence, 1937-38
Minnie Vautrin
Edited and with an Introduction by Suping Lu
“A moving account of Wilhelmina “Minnie” Vautrin,
an American missionary and educator trapped in
Nanjing during the Japanese occupation.” —The China
Quarterly
312 pp. 6 x 9. 8 B & W photos. 2008.
24 Cloth 978-0-252-03332-2. $45.00. $31.50
Unbound Spirit
Letters of Flora Belle Jan
Flora Belle Jan
Edited by Fleur Yano and Saralyn Daly. Introduction by
Judy Wu
Written during the years 1918–48, these letters offer
unique insight into the situation of educated, middle-
class, professional Chinese American women in the
early twentieth century.
304 pp. 6 x 9. 19 B & W photos. 2009.
25 Cloth 978-0-252-03380-3. $42.00. $29.40
AsiaPacifiQueer
Rethinking Genders and Sexualities
Edited by Fran Martin, Peter A. Jackson,
Mark McLelland, and Audrey Yue
“A concrete presentation of very distinctive (homo)
sexualities that derive from specific nonwestern
histories.”—Gary P. Leupp, author of Interracial
Intimacy in Japan: Western Men and Japanese Women,
1543-1900
288 pp. 6 x 9. 4 B & W photos. 2008.
37 *Cloth 978-0-252-03307-0. $70.00. $49.00
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T h e A s i a n A m e r i c a n E x pe r i e n c e s e r i e s
Chinese American Transnational Issei Buddhism in the Americas
Politics Edited by Duncan Ryûken Williams and
Him Mark Lai Tomoe Moriya
Edited and with an Introduction by Madeline Y. Hsu Contributions from scholars on both sides of the
“A remarkable collection that shows the dedication, Pacific upend boundaries and categories that have tied
diligence, and accomplishments of Him Mark Lai. Buddhism to Asia, illuminating the social and spiritual
. . . Lai’s command of the sources and his commit- roles the religion has played in the Americas.
ment to a faithful recording of Chinese American 216 pp. 6 x 9. 1 table. 2010.
history are extraordinary.”—Renqiu Yu, author of 31 *Cloth 978-0-252-03533-3. $70.00. $49.00
To Save China, To Save Ourselves: The Chinese 32 Paper 978-0-252-07719-7. $25.00. $17.50
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296 pp. 6.125 x 9.25. 1 B & W photo. 2010.
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Hmong America
Reconstructing Community in Diaspora
In Defense of Asian American Chia Youyee Vang
Studies The first scholarly work to come from inside the
The Politics of Teaching and Program Building Hmong community, Hmong America documents Chia
Sucheng Chan Youyee Vang’s own migration from Laos to Minnesota
at age nine and the transformations she has witnessed
“Newcomers to the field will gain a rich under-
in Hmong communities throughout the migration and
standing of the origins and mission of AAS and
settlement processes.
the challenges it faced and continues to face as it
192 pp. 6 x 9. 9 B & W photos, 3 maps, 3 tables. 2010.
becomes institutionalized in higher education.”
—Journal of Higher Education
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296 pp. 6 x 9. 2005.
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Religion and Spirituality in Korean
America
Moving Images Edited by David K. Yoo and Ruth H. Chung
Photography and the Japanese American “This book offers a probing and refreshingly critical
Incarceration lens into [Korean Americans’] religious world . . . .
Jasmine Alinder An excellent contribution to the growing literature on
religion, race, and ethnicity among new Americans.”
“In addition to detailing how U.S. authorities
—Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion
turned photography against Japanese Americans,
the book wisely attends to how the internees and 256 pp. 6 x 9. 2008.
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their descendants used the medium to tell compet- 36 Paper 978-0-252-07474-5. $25.00. $17.50
ing stories of their incarceration, allegiances, and
identities.”—Martin A. Berger, author of Sight
Unseen: Whiteness and American Visual Culture
232 pp. 6 x 9. 43 B & W photos, 1 line drawing, 1 map. 2009.
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