vi, 250 p. ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-244) and index

Introduction to popular Asian cinema, with acknowledgements / Anne T. Ciecko -- Theorizing Asian cinema(s) / Anne T. Ciecko -- Philippines : cinema and its hybridity / José B. Capino -- Vietnam : chronicles of old and new / Panivong Norindr -- Thailand : revival in an age of globalization / Anchalee Chaiworaporn and Adam Knee -- Singapore : developments, challenges, and projections / Jan Uhde and Yvonne Ng Uhde -- Malaysia : melodramatic drive, rural discord, urban heartaches / William van der Heide -- Indonesia : screening a nation in the post-new order / Krishna Sen -- Sri Lanka : art, commerce, and cultural modernity / Wimal Dissanayake -- Bangladesh : native resistance and nationalist discourse / Zakir Hossain Raju -- India : Bollywood's global coming of age / Jyotika Virdi and Corey K. Creekmur -- Mainland China : public square to shopping mall and the new entertainment film / Augusta Lee Palmer -- Taiwan : popular cinema's disappearing act / Emilie Yueh-yu Yeh -- Hong Kong : cinematic cycles of grief and glory / Anne T. Ciecko -- South Korea : film on the global stage / Hyangjin Lee -- Japan : cause for (cautious) optimism / Darrell William Davis

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