Session Details

Tuesday, 28 December

197. Asian Cinema: Nation, Region, World

1:45–3:00 p.m., Washington A, Loews

Program arranged by the Division on East Asian Languages and Literatures after 1900

Presiding: Sheldon Hsiao-Peng Lu, Univ. of California, Davis

1. “The Umbrellas of Jet Li: Exchanging Movement,” Bennet Jay Schaber, New York State Univ., Coll. at Oswego

2. “Cinema and a Greater Queer China,” Chia-chi Wu, Univ. of Southern California

3. “Suriyothai Becomes Legend: Thai National Identity as Global Currency,” Adam Knee, Ohio Univ., Athens

4. “When Volcano High Meets Hip-Pop: A South Korean Film’s Transformation into an American Pastime,” Jinhee Maria Kim, Univ. of Southern California

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