Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Reader

<p>Asian Cultural Studies or Cultural Studies in Asia is a new and burgeoning field, and the <em>Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Journal</em> is at its cutting edge. Committed to bringing Asian Cultural Studies scholarship to the international English speaking world and constantly challenging existing conceptions of cultural studies, the journal has emerged as the leading publication in Cultural Studies in Asia. </p><p>The <em>Inter-Asia Cultural Studies</em> Reader brings together the best of the ground breaking papers published in the journal and includes a new introduction by the editors, Chen Kuan-Hsing and Chua Beng Huat. Essays are grouped in thematic sections, including issues which are important across the region, such as State violence and social movements and work produced by <em>IACS</em> sub-groups, such as feminism, queer studies, cinema studies and popular culture studies. </p><p>The Reader provides useful alternative case studies and challenging perspectives, which will be invaluable for both students and scholars in media and cultural studies. </p> <p>Introduction <strong>Part 1: Problematizing ‘Asia’: Setting the Agenda</strong> 1. How Does Asia Mean? <em>Sun Ge</em> <strong>Part 2: State Violence </strong>2. Democracy and the Violence of the State: A Political Negotiation of Death <em>Partha Chatterjee</em> <strong>Part 3: Americanism </strong>3. America’ as Desire and Violence: Americanization in Post War Japan and Asia During the Cold War <em>Shunya Yoshimi</em> <strong>Part 4: Feminism </strong>4. Women and Freedom <em>Firdous Azim</em> <strong>Part 5: Sexuality </strong>5. Reticent Poetics, Queer Politics <em>Liu Jen-peng and Ding Naifei</em> <strong>Part 6: Cinema </strong>6. The 'Bollywoodization' of Indian Cinema: Cultural Nationalism in a Global Arena <em>Ashish Rajadhyaksha</em> <strong>Part</strong> <strong>7: Other Popular Cultures</strong> 7. The Power of Circulation: Digital Technologies and the Online Chinese Fans of Japanese TV Drama <em>Kelly Hu</em> <strong>Part 8: Movements </strong>8. Asian Peace Movements and Empire <em>Muto Ichiyo</em> <strong>Part 9: Movements </strong>9. Asia Peace Movement and Empire (2003) <em>Muto Ichiyo</em> </p>