AEMS News and Reviews: Winter 2002 (Vol. 5, No. 2)

Cothen, Elizabeth

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Title

AEMS News and Reviews: Winter 2002 (Vol. 5, No. 2)

Author(s)

Cothen, Elizabeth

Contributor(s)

• Plath, David W.
• Benton, Cathy
• Singleton, John
• Dowdey, Patrick
• Haydel, Judy
• Heider, Karl
• Sawhney, Simona

Issue Date

2002-12-01

Keyword(s)

AEMS News and Reviews

Date of Ingest

2025-07-29T14:26:18-05:00

Geographic Coverage

• Japan
• Singapore
• Korea
• India
• Taiwan
• United States
• China
• Indonesia
• Vietnam
• Southeast Asia
• Afghanistan
• France

Abstract

The Winter 2002 issue of AEMS News and Reviews (Vol. 5, No. 2) offers a diverse selection of films exploring cultural heritage, social change, and spirituality across Asia. It opens with an essay on making "Under Another Sun," a film profiling Japanese expatriates in Singapore and their connection to Southeast Asian history. Film reviews include "Japanese and Korean Pottery," highlighting East Asian ceramics and the "mingei" folk art movement; "Doing Time, Doing Vipassana," documenting Buddhist meditation in an Indian prison; and "Sadako’s Legacy," revisiting post-WWII Japan through the story of Sadako Sasaki and the peace movement. Also featured are "Swing in Beijing," which examines China's avant-garde art scene; "I Love You—Hope for the Year 2000," an ethnographic look at love and marriage in a Central Sumatra, Indonesia, village; and "Kamala and Raji," portraying two Indian women in Ahmedabad who are members of SEWA. Supplementary resources provide an overview of The Asia Society and a "Bargain Buys" column on films related to Vietnam's history and transformation.

Publisher

Asian Educational Media Service

Series/Report Name or Number

Vol. 5, No. 2

Type of Resource

text

Genre of Resource

newsletter

Language

eng

Sponsor(s)/Grant Number(s)

Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies

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