Abstract

In an attempt to publish some reviews sooner after material comes out, the Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars has added this section of short reviews of individual books, movies, TV series, and so on. For more information about short reviews as well as review essays, see the introduction to the list of books to review on p. 92 of this issue.

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Notes on contributors

Jonathan Unger

Jonathan Unger is head of the Contemporary China Centre at the Australian National University in Canberra, Australia, and coeditor of the China Journal.

Arif Dirlik

Arif Dirlik teaches Chinese history at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, U.S.A. He most recently edited What is in a Rim? Critical Perspectives on the Pacific Region Idea (1993).

Vera Schwarcz

Vera Schwarcz teaches Chinese and Asian history at Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT, U.S.A. She is the author of Time for Telling Truth is Running Out (1992).

Gene Cooper

Gene Cooper teaches anthropology at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, California. His book Eight Immortals Cross the Sea: Myth, Motif, and Metaphor in the Popular Culture and Economic Development of Dongyang County is under consideration for publication.

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