Media, Erotics, and Transnational Asia

"Edited by two leading anthropologists, this volume promises much and delivers. The geographic spread, including China, Laos, Vietnam, India, Japan, Indonesia, and their diasporas, and the variety of media—from zines to manga and from Bollywood to Internet chat rooms to television—suggest this book should attract a broad audience." - Kath Weston, author of Traveling Light: On the Road with America's Poor

"Poised at the intersection of Asian studies, media studies, and sexuality studies, Media, Erotics, and Transnational Asia recasts those fields. The book is an outstanding selection for any course focusing on globalization or sexual modernity." - Ara Wilson, author of The Intimate Economies of Bangkok: Tomboys, Tycoons, and Avon Ladies in the Global City

"[T]his is . . . a highly inspiring collection. In particular, its critically and empirically grounded approach makes Media, Erotics, and  Transnational Asia a welcome addition to cultural research on transnational Asia. This book can be recommended to any scholars and students interested in the cultural aspects of contemporary Asia." - Kyong Yoon, Pacific Affairs

"[A] useful point of reference, both theoretically and methodologically, for a broad audience, from those with particular interests in sexuality, gender, media, and translocality in Asia, to those with a general interest in the anthropology of gender and/or cultural studies in Asia." - Yuqin Huang, The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology

"Media, Erotics, and Transnational Asia brings together interdisciplinary anthropological essays to stress that Asia is not simply a bounded region; it is a constellation of spaces that changes along with the circulation of ideas, knowledge, and cultures through media forms such as film, TV, zines, popular health guidebooks, and magazines." - Xiaofei Kang, Signs