The first film journal devoted to the Asia-Pacific region as a whole provides a forum in which Asian and Western cinemas can be introduced to and appreciated by a world-wide audience.

Contents:

SPECIAL ISSUE ON CINEMA AND NATIONHOOD

Baseball in the Post-American Cinema, or Life in the Minor Leagues

by Vivian Sobchack

A Nation T(w / o)o: Chinese Cinema(s) and Nationhood(s)

by Chris Berry

Gender, Ideology, Nation: Ju Douin the Cultural Politics of China

by W. A. Callahan

Cinema and Nation: Dilemmas of Representation in Thailand

by Annette Hamilton

Tibet: Projections and Perceptions

by Aislinn Scofield

Warring Bodies: Most Nationalistic Selves

by Patricia Lee Masters

Book Reviews