East Asia: History, Politics, Sociology and Culture
About the Book Series
This long-standing, multidisciplinary series investigates the historical and contemporary political, cultural, social, legal and public policy issues relating to East Asia. This is currently the only series servicing research on Asia, so published studies include investigations into South Asia and South East Asia as well. Topics covered include gender roles, political developments, both modern and historical, and cultural topics, including film.
Postsocialist Cinema in Post-Mao China: The Cultural Revolution after the Cultural Revolution
1st Edition
By Chris Berry
November 06, 2008
This book argues that the fundamental shift in Chinese Cinema away from Socialism and towards Post-Socialism can be located earlier than the emergence of the "Fifth Generation" in the mid-eighties when it is usually assumed to have occured. By close analysis of films from the 1949-1976 Maoist era ...
A Political Economy Analysis of China's Civil Aviation Industry
1st Edition
By Mark Dougan
August 30, 2002
First published in 2002.This volume is a political economy analysis o f China 's civil aviation industry, with a focus on the reform period beginning in the late 1970s up to the present. The chief aim is to identify and analyze the most important political economy variables impacting on the ...
Rethinking Japan's Identity and International Role: Tradition and Change in Japan's Foreign Policy
1st Edition
By Susanne Klien
May 10, 2002
This paper presents a study of Japan's international role with a special focus on its historical evolution. To that end, the following three pillars lay the necessary theoretical foundations: one, the notions of historical and political identity and a discussion of the ambivalent shapes they have ...